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Bug#338719: Please add dmraid support to hw-detect



On Sat, Nov 12, 2005 at 11:45:14AM +0100, Marco Amadori wrote:
> Package: hw-detect
> Version: any
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> As discussed in debian-boot, hw-detect should check for dmraid arrays.
> 
> After having found the disks and loaded pertinent kernel modules,
> "dmraid -c -s" should be launched to check a BIOS configured software
> raid.
> 
> At medium priority a debconf question about activating it should be
> asked and at higher pri should be activated by default.

Apparently dmraid harmlessly does nothing if the BIOS doesn't support
software RAID or if it's disabled, so is there any reason for a debconf
question? It sounds like it should just be enabled by default.

We also need a dmraid-udeb.

-- 
Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson@debian.org]



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