Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757848Ab0BQXPL (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:15:11 -0500 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:40309 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757733Ab0BQXPJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:15:09 -0500 Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:15:00 +1100 From: Neil Brown To: Volker Armin Hemmann Cc: "Mr. James W. Laferriere" , Bill Davidsen , Michael Evans , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux mdadm superblock question. Message-ID: <20100218101500.18c53517@notabene.brown> In-Reply-To: <201002170338.47302.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> References: <201002140251.59668.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> <20100217130103.3ca65ef3@notabene.brown> <201002170338.47302.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.4 (GTK+ 2.18.6; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 947 Lines: 27 On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:38:46 +0100 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Mittwoch 17 Februar 2010, Neil Brown wrote: > > > I will not be removing 0.90 or auto-assemble from the kernel in the > > foreseeable future. > > None the less, I recommend weaning yourself from your dependence on it. > > initramfs is the future, embrace it. > > > > NeilBrown > > a future that is worse than the present. For what reason? Reason: some things are easier to implement and maintain in userspace. Implementing them in the kernel would likely produce a worse products. Worse than the present: only if you refuse to embrace it and there-by contribute to fixing/improving it. NeilBrown -- 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/