Re: [PATCH 0/1] RFC: Use /dev/md/X as default name

[NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>]

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On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:12:09 -0500 Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>
wrote:

> Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com writes:
> > From: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>
> >
> > I have received some issues for when creating an array using a
> > /dev/mdX name, the matching symlink in /dev/md/X isn't
> > created. Whereas if you create /dev/md/X, /dev/mdX is created
> > automatically.
> >
> > I was trying to see if there was a better way of dealing with this,
> > but I couldn't find one. If you have suggestions for a better solution
> > I am all ears.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> 
> Hi Neil,
> 
> Any thoughts on this one?

Thanks for the reminder....

I'm not sure that I really see the problem.

  "I ask it to create /dev/mdX and it doesn't create /dev/md/X".

Well ... no.  You didn't ask it to.  If you want it to create /dev/md/X,
then ... ask it to.

/dev/mdX is the canonical name.  It always gets created.
/dev/md/X is a convenient alias.  It gets created if requested.

Is there really a problem here worth solving?

Maybe I missed something.

NeilBrown

> 
> Cheers,
> Jes
> 
> >
> > Jes
> >
> > Jes Sorensen (1):
> >   mddev_create(): choose /dev/md/ name over /dev/mdX
> >
> >  mdopen.c | 6 +++++-
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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