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From: "bart@ardistech.com" <bart@ardistech.com>
Subject: Re: MD or MDADM bug?
Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 08:38:13 +0200
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To: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
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Neil,

Thanks for your explanation about the kernel autodetect pitfalls. IMHO having
a form of kernel space autodetect is an important feature in Linux. It allows
you to use a real mirror for the root filessystem. When assambling is done
based on root fs files this feature will be lost and the only alternative would
be hardware RAID again.

> 
> On Monday September 5, molle.bestefich@gmail.com wrote:
> > Neil Brown wrote:
> > > No.
> > > I've never liked kernel autodetect, and while I won't break it, I

<big snip>

> 
> Why is it that people never complain about having to put information
> in /etc/fstab about what to mount, but they cannot cope with having to
> put similar information in /etc/mdadm.conf about what to assemble??
> 
They would when mounting the root would depend on /etc/fstab :)

	Bart