Bug#864423: Software RAID is not activated at boot time

From	Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.rc
Subject	Bug#864423: Software RAID is not activated at boot time
Date	2022-07-31 14:40 +0200
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Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> (2022-07-30):
> Hi debian-boot,
> 
> * László Böszörményi (GCS) <gcs@debian.org> [220730 15:34]:
> > On Sat, Jul 30, 2022 at 1:50 PM Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> wrote:
> > > whats the status of dmraid? Do you have dmraid hardware or is this
> > > merely on life-support?
> >  Please note dmraid upstream is dead for more than ten years. I might
> > find an old i386 hardware that needs it.
> > But yes, it's only on life-support.
> 
> [..]
> 
> > > I'm wondering if we should remove dmraid support from the d-i as a
> > > first step. AFAICT Intel Software RAID is supported by mdraid, not
> > > sure if the other RAID platforms are still sold.
> >  Sounds like a good idea. This will show users early Debian doesn't
> > plan to ship it anymore.
> 
> I was digging around in the d-i code, and it appears for dmraid to
> be invoked, one has to boot with disk-detect/dmraid/enable. 
> 
> I have opened merge requests to remove the dmraid/sataraid code from
> d-i. The changes look like low risk to me, but obviously I have no
> idea. For the lack of a build environment I also didn't test them.
> 
> Given d-i does nothing with dmraid unless the boot flag is present,
> I want to ask if dmraid could also stop shipping its udeb, if thats
> ok with debian-boot?

Given how specific it is, opt-in, on a specific arch, and dead upstream,
looks like a wholesale removal would be the best way forward, yes.

Thanks for digging into that.


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org)            <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant

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Bug#864423: Software RAID is not activated at boot time Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2022-07-30 19:30 +0200
  Bug#864423: Software RAID is not activated at boot time Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> - 2022-07-31 14:40 +0200
    Bug#864423: Software RAID is not activated at boot time Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2022-08-03 01:50 +0200

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