From: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>
To: "Ortwin Glück" <odi@odi.ch>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Failover root devices
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 07:49:55 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150917114955.GA2600@homura> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <55FAA6BB.3060008@odi.ch>
On 2015-09-17 1:40 PM, Ortwin Glück wrote:
> You can do that completely in user space from an initramfs.
Yep, I'm aware of that. I think it would still be useful for the kernel
to support it. Bonus - if the kernel supports it, there's a standard way
of doing it that would propegate down to the various initramfs designs
of the distros without having me write patches against all of them.
Right?
I'm working on an initramfs-based solution that meets my own needs, for
what it's worth.
> Above script actually makes it easy by supporting disk labels:
> root=LABEL=ROOT will boot the first available partition that is labelled
> ROOT. It is independent of the device name and works nice when you switch
> hardware vs. virtual machines for instance.
This is a neat idea, I'll check it out.
--
Drew DeVault
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-09-17 11:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-09-17 11:40 Failover root devices Ortwin Glück
2015-09-17 11:49 ` Drew DeVault [this message]
2015-09-17 17:47 ` Richard Weinberger
2015-09-17 17:49 ` Drew DeVault
2015-09-17 17:52 ` Richard Weinberger
2015-09-17 18:05 ` Drew DeVault
2015-09-17 18:17 ` Richard Weinberger
2015-09-17 18:18 ` Drew DeVault
2015-09-17 18:19 ` Richard Weinberger
2015-09-17 18:21 ` Drew DeVault
2015-09-17 18:23 ` Richard Weinberger
2015-09-17 18:28 ` Drew DeVault
2015-09-18 14:59 ` Ortwin Glück
2015-09-18 15:00 ` Drew DeVault
2015-09-18 15:04 ` Ortwin Glück
2015-09-18 15:36 ` Austin S Hemmelgarn
2015-09-17 18:27 ` Harald Hoyer
2015-09-17 18:29 ` Drew DeVault
2015-09-17 18:33 ` Richard Weinberger
2015-09-17 18:35 ` Drew DeVault
2015-09-17 18:42 ` Richard Weinberger
2015-09-17 18:29 ` Richard Weinberger
2015-09-17 18:37 ` Austin S Hemmelgarn
2015-09-17 18:40 ` Richard Weinberger
2015-09-18 14:40 ` Austin S Hemmelgarn
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2015-09-17 0:16 Drew DeVault
2015-09-17 16:02 ` Austin S Hemmelgarn
2015-09-17 17:30 ` Drew DeVault
2015-09-18 14:34 ` Austin S Hemmelgarn
2015-09-18 14:43 ` Drew DeVault
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