From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Volker Armin Hemmann Subject: Re: Linux mdadm superblock question. Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:51:59 +0100 Message-ID: <201002140251.59668.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids >0.90 has a very bad problem, which is that it is hard to distinguish >between a RAID partition at the end of volume and a full RAID device. >This is because 0.90 doesn't actually tell you the start of the device= =2E > >Then, of course, there are a lot of limitations on size, number of >devices, and so on in 0.90. but it is the only format supporting autodetection.=20 So - when will autodetection be introduced with 1.X? And if not, why no= t? All I found was 'autodetection might be troublesome' and nothing else. But dealing with initrds is troublesome too. Pure evil even.=20 Gl=FCck Auf, Volker -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html