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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux mdadm superblock question.
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:51:59 +0100
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>0.90 has a very bad problem, which is that it is hard to distinguish
>between a RAID partition at the end of volume and a full RAID device.
>This is because 0.90 doesn't actually tell you the start of the device.
>
>Then, of course, there are a lot of limitations on size, number of
>devices, and so on in 0.90.

but it is the only format supporting autodetection. 

So - when will autodetection be introduced with 1.X? And if not, why not?

All I found was 'autodetection might be troublesome' and nothing else.
 But dealing with initrds is troublesome too. Pure evil even. 

Gl?ck Auf,
Volker
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