Re: [Patch] mdadm ignoring homehost?

[Luca Berra <bluca@comedia.it>]

On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 10:47:00AM -0400, Doug Ledford wrote:
> FWIW, I happen to disagree with this method.  And I'm currently testing out 
> a new algorithm for this in Fedora 11 beta.
>
> Does the array match an array mdadm.conf via uuid?  If yes, use name from 
> mdadm.conf.  If no, does the array match an entry in mdadm.conf via the 
> standard super-minor/name mapping?  If yes, and that array line contains a 
> uuid that doesn't match this entry, then use a random name because this is 
> likely a conflict.  If yes and that line does not contain a uuid entry, 
> then this is likely a match, but a poor one.  Use the name, but don't like 
> it.  If no, then this array didn't match the mdadm.conf file at all and is 
> likely a foreign array.  However, if there is no mdadm.conf file, or if 
> there is a mdadm.conf file and nothing in it used our name, then foreign or 
> not, it likely won't conflict on name, so go ahead and use the standard 
> name for this device.
i think the idea is sound,
i only took a glance at the implementation, but i cannot understand the
use of "conf_exists()" function...

Regards,
L.


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