Re: RAID autodetection not working when booting with initramfs

[Dimitris Zilaskos <dzila@tassadar.physics.auth.gr>]

> 	/*
> 	 * check if there is an early userspace init.  If yes, let it do all
> 	 * the work
> 	 */
>
> So yes, it is by design.  Assembling arrays with mdadm gives you a
> lot more control than the kernel-autodetect so as you have an
> initramfs, it is a good idea to make use of it.
>
> If you *really* want to use the autodetect functionality, you can look
> around for a program called 'raidautorun'.  It does triggers the
> autodetect function from userspace.

	Thank you , raidautorun did the trick. I am trying to build an 
initramfs as much generic as possible to be used with hundreds of systems, 
so doing a custom image for every possible raid combination is really not 
an options compared to autodetection.

	Thnx again,

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