From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [Fwd: "Enhanced" MD code avaible for review] Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:41:01 -0500 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <4058A9CD.7080801@pobox.com> References: <405899E8.8070806@pobox.com> <20040317183756.GA23667@lst.de> <2241002704.1079549645@aslan.btc.adaptec.com> <20040317190117.GA23968@lst.de> <2260532704.1079550351@aslan.btc.adaptec.com> <20040317190916.GA24118@lst.de> <4058A6FB.6080602@pobox.com> <20040317193416.GA24542@lst.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20040317193416.GA24542@lst.de> To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: "Justin T. Gibbs" , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel List-Id: linux-raid.ids Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 02:28:59PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > >>If early userspace isn't ready, it sounds like a choice between >>"nothing" and "it works". >> >>We want a clean, tasteful solution, sure. But I think we can work >>within the confines of the existing 2.6 API, and not postpone this stuff >>under early userspace is ready. > > > Umm, early userspace works nicely, you don't need the klibc and > initramfs buzzwords for that, good 'ol initrd still works and people > actually use it, e.g. for dm. Agreed. initrd works in 2.4, too... Jeff