On Wed, 11 Sep 2013 22:15:19 +0200 mwilck@xxxxxxxx wrote: > commit 3e32ba9d removed support for --offroot, and a9c15847 made > mdmon use @ in argv[0] only when started from initrd. > > This breaks mdadm in OpenSUSE 12.3, which starts mdmon from the > root file system and relies on --offroot to work as documented earlier. > > Reintroducing --offroot as an undocumented option, as its use is going to > go away soon anyway. > > If this can't be applied, it should probably be included as distro-specific > patch if mdadm 3.3 is built for OpenSUSE 12.3. I haven't checked if the > patch is necesary for OpenSUSE Factory, too. > > Signed-off-by: Martin Wilck <mwilck@xxxxxxxx> > --- > mdmon.c | 2 +- > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/mdmon.c b/mdmon.c > index f0b0623..8cd53d8 100644 > --- a/mdmon.c > +++ b/mdmon.c > @@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) > dofork = 0; > break; > case OffRootOpt: > - /* silently ignore old option */ > + argv[0][0] = '@'; > break; > case 'h': > default: Aggh... This is all pretty horrible isn't it? I've applied your patch because I don't think it can break anything and it could possible help as you say. Thanks, NeilBrown
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