From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [Fwd: "Enhanced" MD code avaible for review] Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 20:34:16 +0100 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20040317193416.GA24542@lst.de> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4058A6FB.6080602@pobox.com> To: Jeff Garzik Cc: "Justin T. Gibbs" , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel List-Id: linux-raid.ids 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.