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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/attachments/20130305/2d3f7c1d/attachment.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/attachments/20130305/2d3f7c1d/attachment.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..938f25325 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/attachments/20130305/2d3f7c1d/attachment.html @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Colin Guthrie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mageia@colin.guthr.ie" target="_blank">mageia@colin.guthr.ie</a>></span> wrote:<br> +<div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Anything that relies on ordering is just broken by design. We need to<br> +handle things gracefully regardless of the order they are detected. This<br> +is why UUIDs are the defacto method for filesystem identification these<br> +days and why in mga4 we'll likely switch to a consistent naming scheme<br> +for networking devices too.<br></blockquote><div><br>Yes, I understand that cryptic-looking UUIDs are the defacto identifiers but when mdadm reports that /dev/sdf1 has failed in a parity RAID +setup, it will be good if a mere mortal can know which drive to replace. :o)<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> +Also "modprobe ordering" is increasingly not true either as many modules<br> +are automatically loaded when the hardware is present.<span class=""><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes, but it is possible to override the automatic loading...which is why I like the modular approach.<br> +<br></div><div>Now that I understand the reasons for going back to statically compiled drivers, I'm OK with rolling my own.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks -- RJ<br><br></div></div></div></div> |