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Paul Tobias <tobias.pal <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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> > I was wondering if *anyone* has actually seen this work. I'm referring to |
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> > booting a raid1 btrfs volume without performing a user-space device scan, |
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> > using only the kernel `rootflags=device` setting. I have been struggling |
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> > with this in various settings and am slowly starting to believe that |
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> > this scenario is simply broken. |
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> It works, but a patched kernel is needed. Take a look at |
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https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7275724.html The patch there was still |
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working on the latest kernel a while ago. I used it on 2 of my systems, but |
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I moved on and now using dracut everywhere. |
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I not sure but the OpenSuse btrfs (non-raid1) standard install uses only |
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btrfs partition types, including /boot and all other partitions. I do not |
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think it uses dracut or others, but I'm not that use to opensuse to make |
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that call. I've installed other linux distros on top |
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of now so I no longer have thank opensuse-13.2. install to look at that |
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install. I do know know what if any kernel patches were used either. |
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Other linux installs such as the gentoo-derivative (calculate) linux might |
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be worth experimentation to see if they work as you expect. |
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Also, did you look at Rich's notes: |
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https://docs.google.com/document/ |
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d/1VJlJyYLTZScta9a81xgKOIBjYsG3_VfxxmUSxG23Uxg/edit?pli=1 |
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hth, |
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James |
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