[arch-releng] [RFC] [PATCH] [archiso] Add dm_snap_prefix= boot param.

Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi vmlinuz386 at yahoo.com.ar
Tue Aug 9 18:22:36 EDT 2011


On 08/09/2011 07:19 PM, Thomas Bächler wrote:
> Am 10.08.2011 00:10, schrieb Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi:
>> On 08/09/2011 04:56 PM, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Mensaje original -----
>>>> De: Thomas Bächler<thomas at archlinux.org>
>>>> Para: arch-releng at archlinux.org
>>>> CC:
>>>> Enviado: martes, 9 de agosto de 2011 16:39
>>>> Asunto: Re: [arch-releng] [RFC] [PATCH] [archiso] Add dm_snap_prefix=
>>>> boot param.
>>>>
>>>> Am 09.08.2011 21:33, schrieb Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi:
>>>>>    Default value is "arch". This implies that all device mapper node
>>>>>    for snapshot devices will be for example: arch_root-image.
>>>>>
>>>>>    This helps AIF to hidden these devices from "Device
>>>> Configuration".
>>>>
>>>> Does this actually need to be configurable?
>>>>
>>> For official images no, but can be usefull for custom live-mediums
>>> (same objection was for archisobasedir long time ago).
>>>
>> OK, for now I will implement fixed to "arch_". Maybe this parameter will
>> be added in a future.
> Well, I agree you should add the option. I just wasn't sure whether
> adding so many configuration options is a good idea.
>
>
OK :)

I think that at some time, we need to unify boot options naming, (for 
example prefix all with archiso_, separate words with underscore...)

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Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
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