Re: mdadm 1.x device naming

[martin f krafft]

also sprach Colin Watson <address@hidden> [2010.07.02.1513 +0200]:
> Does anyone object to this simple scheme?
> 
>   /dev/md/NAME => (md/NAME)
>   all other md device name formats as before

That's what I use in the mdadm package too.

> As far as I'm aware, we don't use slashes in GRUB device names right
> now, so this is a bit novel; but I wanted to minimise the chance of
> clashes and confusion, and I don't believe using a slash should actually
> do any harm.

You could use a dash like LVM too.

And do keep in mind that named arrays still have a super-minor field
with the number, just like the 0.9 metadata ones, so you don't have
to use names. But I agree that it's better.

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