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

Dieter Plaetinck dieter at plaetinck.be
Fri Aug 12 04:08:26 EDT 2011


On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:45:31 -0300
Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386 at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:

> 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.
> 

"one or more files are wrong"
maybe this is better:
--> "one or more files are corrupted"

Other then that, looks good on a quick glance.

Dieter


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