Re: [gentoo-user] Fun with mdadm (Software RAID)

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On 21/12/2024 12:43, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> , where the extra bit is optional.  This enhancement would not be
> difficult.  The trouble is more political.  I think this code is
> maintained by RedHat.  RedHat's customers all use initramfs, so they
> probably think everybody else should, too, hence would be unwilling to
> enhance it for a small group of Gentooers.

Let's blame RedHat again ... I think you're wrong.

There's a fair few SUSE people in there. The person who did nearly all 
of the heavy lifting before he stepped down was SuSE. A lot of the 
"senior" team (just a couple of people, as per normal) are Far Eastern, 
I'm not sure of their company affiliation.

About the only person I'm confident IS RedHat is the guy maintaining 
mdadm, which is not mdraid (it's the management tool, not the "do the 
work" tool).

Cheers,
Wol