Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> (2022-07-30): > Hi debian-boot, > > * László Böszörményi (GCS) <gcs@debian.org> [220730 15:34]: > > On Sat, Jul 30, 2022 at 1:50 PM Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> wrote: > > > whats the status of dmraid? Do you have dmraid hardware or is this > > > merely on life-support? > > Please note dmraid upstream is dead for more than ten years. I might > > find an old i386 hardware that needs it. > > But yes, it's only on life-support. > > [..] > > > > I'm wondering if we should remove dmraid support from the d-i as a > > > first step. AFAICT Intel Software RAID is supported by mdraid, not > > > sure if the other RAID platforms are still sold. > > Sounds like a good idea. This will show users early Debian doesn't > > plan to ship it anymore. > > I was digging around in the d-i code, and it appears for dmraid to > be invoked, one has to boot with disk-detect/dmraid/enable. > > I have opened merge requests to remove the dmraid/sataraid code from > d-i. The changes look like low risk to me, but obviously I have no > idea. For the lack of a build environment I also didn't test them. > > Given d-i does nothing with dmraid unless the boot flag is present, > I want to ask if dmraid could also stop shipping its udeb, if thats > ok with debian-boot? Given how specific it is, opt-in, on a specific arch, and dead upstream, looks like a wholesale removal would be the best way forward, yes. Thanks for digging into that. Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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