Re: MD or MDADM bug?

Neil,

Thanks for your explanation about the kernel autodetect pitfalls. IMHO having
a form of kernel space autodetect is an important feature in Linux. It allows
you to use a real mirror for the root filessystem. When assambling is done
based on root fs files this feature will be lost and the only alternative would
be hardware RAID again.

On Monday September 5, molle.bestefich@gmail.com wrote:

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Neil Brown wrote:

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No.
I've never liked kernel autodetect, and while I won't break it, I

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Why is it that people never complain about having to put information
in /etc/fstab about what to mount, but they cannot cope with having to
put similar information in /etc/mdadm.conf about what to assemble??

They would when mounting the root would depend on /etc/fstab :)

	Bart