Re: [dm-devel] A better solution than "md_component_detection = 1"

[christophe varoqui <christophe varoqui free fr>]

> > 
> > For example, /sys/block/sda would have a sub/ directory with "dm-0" in
> > there, pointing at /sys/block/dm-0 (surprise). The
> > /sys/block/dm-0/parent/sd{a,b} entries would do a very surprising
> > thing.
> > 
> > This would also allow us to handle partitions in DM better: as all
> > linear mappings on top of /dev/dm-0 would show up in block/dm-0/sub/ and
> > vice versa.
> > 
> > md could work the same: block/sys/md0/parent/ would list all the devices
> > (or partitions) which it consists of.
> > 
Regardless of the implementation, am I the only one to think that
dm-0/parent/ should contain "parents of dm-0" ? :)

Regards,
-- 
christophe varoqui <christophe varoqui free fr>