linux-kernel - Re: Failover root devices

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Message-ID: <55FB0498.9060301@cmpwn.com>
Date:	Thu, 17 Sep 2015 14:21:12 -0400
From:	Drew DeVault <sir@...wn.com>
To:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Cc:	Ortwin Glück <odi@....ch>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Failover root devices

> Depends on how you patch dracut. ;-)
> You can also add a "try_roots=/dev/diskX;/dev/diskY"...

That comes back around to my earlier email:

 >Would we use a second parameter and discard the root= parameter? I 
 >think all of these are suboptimal solutions.

I'm not a fan of this idea. What downside is there to implementing it in 
the kernel? It trickles down in a consistent way and bonus points for 
supporting systems that don't use an initramfs.

--
Drew DeVault
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