Re: gptmbr.bin vs RAIDframe

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 01:14:52PM +0000, Michael van Elst wrote:
> You could create autodiscover code that just creates a wedge spanning
> the whole disk. It would be of least priority, so it is only used when
> no other disk label is recognized. Fine if you just want to access
> a raw disk. But it a) wouldn't have a name and b) wouldn't have a type.

Adding (a) and (b) was the idea, I think.

> But why create a wedge when it is as useful as the RAW_PART of
> the parent device?

Because you can mount it via name.

> With raidframe-magic-code you could put such information into the
> raid label and somehow pass that to the wedge. But it is much simpler
> to just use a GPT on the raid device. No magic needed.

No *other* magic needed - but if the raid label could provide both name
and type, and the autodiscover code would deal, the setup is even simpler.
But yes, it is just replacing some magic with other magic.

Martin