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

Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi vmlinuz386 at yahoo.com.ar
Thu Aug 11 20:45:31 EDT 2011


On 08/09/2011 07:22 PM, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote:
> 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...)
>
If there are no objections I will merge this.

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Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
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