Re: Patch for boot-time assembly of v1.x-metadata-based soft (MD) arrays: reasoning and future plans

2007-08-27 Thread David Greaves
Dan Williams wrote: On 8/26/07, Abe Skolnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Because you can rely on the configuration file to be certain about which disks to pull in and which to ignore. Without the config file the auto-detect routine may not always do the right thing because it will need to make

Patch for boot-time assembly of v1.x-metadata-based soft (MD) arrays: reasoning and future plans

2007-08-26 Thread Abe Skolnik
Dear Mr./Dr. Williams, Because you can rely on the configuration file to be certain about which disks to pull in and which to ignore. Without the config file the auto-detect routine may not always do the right thing because it will need to make assumptions. But kernel parameters can provide

Re: Patch for boot-time assembly of v1.x-metadata-based soft (MD) arrays: reasoning and future plans

2007-08-26 Thread Dan Williams
On 8/26/07, Abe Skolnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Mr./Dr. Williams, Just Dan is fine :-) Because you can rely on the configuration file to be certain about which disks to pull in and which to ignore. Without the config file the auto-detect routine may not always do the right thing