Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754891Ab0BODnK (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:43:10 -0500 Received: from ns3.baby-dragons.com ([64.62.236.141]:52959 "EHLO ns3.baby-dragons.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754762Ab0BODnH (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:43:07 -0500 Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:40:31 -0900 (AKST) From: "Mr. James W. Laferriere" To: Rudy Zijlstra cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , Asdo , Justin Piszcz , Michael Evans , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux mdadm superblock question. In-Reply-To: <4B788525.6000608@grumpydevil.homelinux.org> Message-ID: References: <4877c76c1002111752h23e14f7aibe58a89181e6f493@mail.gmail.com> <4B77044B.1020609@zytor.com> <4B7719C1.1060400@zytor.com> <4B785C49.7010105@shiftmail.org> <4B786898.8030309@zytor.com> <4B788525.6000608@grumpydevil.homelinux.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.01 (LNX 1184 2008-12-16) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.3 (ns3.baby-dragons.com [64.62.236.141]); Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:40:34 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1528 Lines: 36 Hello All , On Mon, 15 Feb 2010, Rudy Zijlstra wrote: > H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> In Fedora 12, for example, Dracut tries to make the distinction between >> whole RAID device and a partition device, and utterly fails -- often >> resulting in data loss. >> > i do not use Fedora/redhat and do not intent to ever try them again... still, > the point is valid >> With a pointer to the beginning this would have been a trivial thing to >> detect. >> >> 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. >> -hpa > As long is autodetect is supported in the kernel, i am willing to upgrade to > 1.0 superblocks. BUT i need the autodetect in the kernel, as i refuse to use > initrd for production servers. > Cheers, > Rudy I also have to agree with Rudy in this matter . Tia , JimL -- +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network&System Engineer | 3237 Holden Road | Give me Linux | | babydr@baby-dragons.com | Fairbanks, AK. 99709 | only on AXP | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- 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/