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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-10-14 23:28:02 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-10-14 23:28:02 +0400
commit2d51b75370d83535883c66521b03fcd6a1f1f68d (patch)
tree68e7bb018a80207781719795828434dfcf3b9bf6 /drivers
parent93f78da405685a756beeaeae4b5e41fcec39eab3 (diff)
parentce52aebd0219edc7a783278fbe80a6ccca0556c0 (diff)
downloadlinux-2d51b75370d83535883c66521b03fcd6a1f1f68d.tar.xz
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arjan/linux-2.6-fastboot
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arjan/linux-2.6-fastboot: raid, fastboot: hide RAID autodetect option if MD is compiled as a module raid: make RAID autodetect default a KConfig option warning: fix init do_mounts_md c fastboot: make the RAID autostart code print a message just before waiting fastboot: make the raid autodetect code wait for all devices to init fastboot: Fix bootgraph.pl initcall name regexp fastboot: fix issues and improve output of bootgraph.pl Add a script to visualize the kernel boot process / time
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-rw-r--r--drivers/md/Kconfig14
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig
index 07d92c11b5d8..2281b5098e95 100644
--- a/drivers/md/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig
@@ -30,6 +30,20 @@ config BLK_DEV_MD
If unsure, say N.
+config MD_AUTODETECT
+ bool "Autodetect RAID arrays during kernel boot"
+ depends on BLK_DEV_MD=y
+ default y
+ ---help---
+ If you say Y here, then the kernel will try to autodetect raid
+ arrays as part of its boot process.
+
+ If you don't use raid and say Y, this autodetection can cause
+ a several-second delay in the boot time due to various
+ synchronisation steps that are part of this step.
+
+ If unsure, say Y.
+
config MD_LINEAR
tristate "Linear (append) mode"
depends on BLK_DEV_MD