Re: mdadm device assembly
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martin f krafft wrote:
> mdadm does work which udev could/should be doing. I am not too much
> of a udev friend, and we must not depend on it
Right on, Bubba (I'm an old hippie from Texas :-)
> but prepare for
> mdadm and udev to cooperate much closer post-lenny.
>
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/raid/threads.html#20834
Oh, dear! Sausage being made. This should be very interesting. I'll see
if I can get ready for the next new world order...
> The way mdadm finds and assembles its components is by scanning
> disks or partitions (DEVICE setting, or -c option) for superblocks.
> The whole process is somewhat twisted and I hope we can rework it
> one day.
Rats. Stays above the fray by ignoring the kernel and udev names
altogether -- wish I could do that. But thanks, madduck. I was hoping
you were around and would explain this.
mdadm creates lovely /dev nodes, BTW, IMHO...
- --
Glenn English
ghe@slsware.com
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