Hein Roehrig wrote:

Andrew Beresford [off-list ref] writes:

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[...] I'll create the patch anyway [...]

Did you ever get around to this? I would be very interested in such a
patch (need a drop-in replacement for a 2.2.17, can think about
initrd later when I am the console and not remote-debugging.)

What's wrong with using kernel command-line for raid - e.g.
 linux md=2,/dev/sda1,/dev/sdb1,/dev/sdc1
etc ?  No need for autodetection and no need for initrd.
Works here like a charm (2.4.x kernels, 2.2 has no such
option).

/mjt