Re: Optionally-partitioned devices

[Dan Williams <dan j williams intel com>]

David Lehman wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to get a better idea of the perceived usefulness of
> optionally-partitioned devices. There are two basic examples:
>
>  - whole-disk filesystem, lvm pv, md component, &c (no partition table)
>  - partitioned md devices
>
> We seem to have set out on this road to some extent by accepting patches
> to use the md subsystem for some fakeraid formats, but I'm wondering how
> far we want to go. Do we want to support creation of filesystems and
> other formatting on disks with no disklabel? Do we want to support the
> creation of disklabels on md devices other than fakeraid arrays?

Just a note, can we stop calling them fakeraid arrays?  There is nothing 
fake about Linux software RAID.  'bios-raid', 'platform-raid', 'external 
metadata raid', or just 'software raid' are more appropriate.

Thanks,
Dan