From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill Davidsen Subject: Re: RAID SB 1.x autodetection Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 16:35:21 -0400 Message-ID: <465DE009.7060202@tmr.com> References: <877iqqul7a.fsf@hades.wkstn.nix> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <877iqqul7a.fsf@hades.wkstn.nix> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Nix Cc: Jan Engelhardt , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids Nix wrote: > On 29 May 2007, Jan Engelhardt uttered the following: > > >> from your post at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-raid@vger.kernel.org/msg07384.html I >> read that autodetecting arrays with a 1.x superblock is currently >> impossible. Does it at least work to force the kernel to always assume a >> 1.x sb? There are some 'broken' distros out there that still don't use >> mdadm in initramfs, and recreating the initramfs each time is a bit >> cumbersome... >> > > The kernel build system should be able to do that for you, shouldn't it? > > That would be an improvement, yes. -- bill davidsen CTO TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979