Re: support for mounting md(4) based filesystem at boot [PATCHES]

From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:01:43 +0200
In message <3EF2B034.8050002_at_earthmagic.org>, Johny Mattsson writes:

>> I think we need somebody to reconsider how we configure our filesystems
>> in the future, in order to avoid a confusion of config files whose
>> interrelationship users will have no chance of figuring out.
>
>Are you referring just to the (currently messy) disk 
>config/attach/whatever order, or a more drastic overhaul of how we 
>configure disk settings?

>I haven't worked with CCD, Vinum, or GBDE (yet), so I'm not sure if I'll 
>be a good person to tackle it, but I'll certainly give it some thought 
>though. Sounds like an interesting little challenge that I may just be 
>able to find time for :)

I don't know exactly what I am looking for, if I did, I'd just implement
it, but I think that we should be able describe our disk configuration
with just one single file in a human+program parseable format, rather
than having to have one file per "gadget".

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Received on Thu Jun 19 2003 - 22:01:50 UTC

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