Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753497Ab0BNVeJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:34:09 -0500 Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]:51959 "EHLO out2.smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753414Ab0BNVeE (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:34:04 -0500 X-Sasl-enc: 75UB8O8mtJs3aHJ/R+I/489S7fxoegVuIjHg4AioejAg 1266183243 Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:34:00 -0200 From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Asdo , Justin Piszcz , Michael Evans , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux mdadm superblock question. Message-ID: <20100214213400.GD15722@khazad-dum.debian.net> References: <4877c76c1002111752h23e14f7aibe58a89181e6f493@mail.gmail.com> <4B77044B.1020609@zytor.com> <4B7719C1.1060400@zytor.com> <4B785C49.7010105@shiftmail.org> <4B786898.8030309@zytor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B786898.8030309@zytor.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1024D/1CDB0FE3 5422 5C61 F6B7 06FB 7E04 3738 EE25 DE3F 1CDB 0FE3 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1001 Lines: 21 On Sun, 14 Feb 2010, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > IMO it would make sense to support autoassemble for 1.0 superblocks, and > making them the default. The purpose would be to get everyone off 0.9. > However, *any* default is better than 1.1. Well, FWIW, I would happily use (and recommend) 1.0 with auto-assemble (after verifying all the emergency repair toolset in use where I work has been upgraded to support it) in distros where the bootloader has enough of a clue to not bork on md-1.0 devices. Which should be most of the current crop. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/