[linux-lvm] Is lvmcreate_initrd expected to work?
Theo Van Dinter
felicity at kluge.net
Thu Nov 29 08:18:01 UTC 2001
On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 09:05:08AM +0000, Patrick Caulfield wrote:
> Yes it does ignore the issue of kernel modules. It's quite hard for
> lvmcreate_initrd to know just which modules are needed to get the system booted,
> though I suppose it's possible.
It could do the same thing as mkinitrd does by default (approx):
- check if SCSI drivers are needed (scsi_hostadapter lines in
modules.conf), if so add them to initrd and make sure to
preload scsi_mod and sd_mod.
- check the current lvm configuration, and if any of the pv's are MD
devices, pre-load the appropriate raid[0145] module as well (can
determine via /proc/mdstat).
Alternatively, options for specifying modules would work too. :)
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