Bug#678693: Please add a /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-block/ script

2012-06-26 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Ritesh Raj Sarraf writes: > On Tuesday 26 June 2012 02:26 PM, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >>> One of the problems in current initramfs-tools is with devices that take >>> > a long time to be detected. My experience with external enclosures was >>> > that detecting the drives takes rat

Bug#678693: Please add a /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-block/ script

2012-06-26 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
On Tuesday 26 June 2012 02:26 PM, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> One of the problems in current initramfs-tools is with devices that take >> > a long time to be detected. My experience with external enclosures was >> > that detecting the drives takes rather long, just like USB takes it

Bug#678693: Please add a /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-block/ script

2012-06-26 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Ritesh Raj Sarraf writes: > Hello Goswin, > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 6:50 PM, Goswin von Brederlow > wrote: > > Ritesh Raj Sarraf writes: > > > Do you see this affecting multipath? > > > > There is no use case to run dm-multipath on a local block device. > > Don't be too su

Bug#678693: Please add a /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-block/ script

2012-06-25 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
Hello Goswin, On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 6:50 PM, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Ritesh Raj Sarraf writes: > > > Do you see this affecting multipath? > > > > There is no use case to run dm-multipath on a local block device. > > Don't be too sure about that. I've been playing with dm-multipath on > l

Bug#678693: Please add a /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-block/ script

2012-06-25 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Ritesh Raj Sarraf writes: > Do you see this affecting multipath? > > There is no use case to run dm-multipath on a local block device. Don't be too sure about that. I've been playing with dm-multipath on local block devices because it has a timeout feature. If a single device in a raid hangs (wh

Bug#678693: Please add a /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-block/ script

2012-06-25 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
Do you see this affecting multipath? There is no use case to run dm-multipath on a local block device. There are setups where you would want LVM on top of your SAN Multipath Device, but I think we already take care of that. Please let me know if you are expecting something else from multipath.

Bug#678693: Please add a /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-block/ script

2012-06-23 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Package: multipath-tools Severity: wishlist Hi, the initramfs has a number of scripts to configure lvm, raid or crypto devices (provided by their respective packages). Those script are run once in fixed order allowing for certain combinations of them, e.g. lvm on crypto. But some combinations won