From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Luca Berra Subject: Re: RAID5 kicks non-fresh drives Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 14:21:13 +0200 Message-ID: <20060527122113.GI8203@percy.comedia.it> References: <20060526183826.GE8203@percy.comedia.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 03:37:29PM -0400, Mark Hahn wrote: >> i strongly believe it is not correct to let kernel auto-assemble devices >> kernel auto-assembly should be disable and activation should be handled >> by mdadm only! > >it's a convenience/safety tradeoff, like so many other cases. >without kernel auto-assembly, it's somewhat more annoying to >boot onto MD raid, right? you are forced to put MD config stuff >into your initrd, etc. yes, it is, but initrd are generated by scripts nowadays, so you wont even notice. >I don't see why auto-assembly is such a bad thing. it means you please read the list archives, it has been explained to boredom >the only argument I see against (kernel) auto-assembly is the >general principle of moving things out of the kernel where possible. >but that's not a hard/fast rule anyway, so... please read the list archives, it has been explained to boredom Regards, L. and please, do not To: or Cc: me, i do actively read the list. L. -- Luca Berra -- bluca@comedia.it Communication Media & Services S.r.l. /"\ \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN X AGAINST HTML MAIL / \