Update

[Scott James Remnant]

A further update on technical work I've been doing.

udev:
 - Have worked with Kay to ensure all of our patches and improvements
   are now accepted upstream; aside from different add-ons, we now have
   a pristine udev package
todo:
 - Migration of /etc/iftab to /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
 - Installer porting of above


devmapper:
 - Further tweaks to maintain harmony with SuSE and correct behaviour
todo:
 - automatic module loading on boot, and on table creation


lvm2:
 - Stable after testing at the sprint
todo:
 - The issue with vol_id being run on the temporary node created as a
   part of the snapshot process still exists; however it is a simple
   matter to correct now.  The node just needs to be painted in some way
   that shows up to devmapper, and thus udev can ignore it.
 - Upstream are planning that solution.


mdadm:
 - Merged with Debian and taken advantage of upstream "export" patch to
   provide udev with sufficient information to decide whether to run
   vol_id on an array or not
 - Cleaned up all the different ways mdadm is run into a single udev
   rule that does the right thing
todo:
 - booting with a degraded array


evms:
 - Needs merging and a patch from SuSE to negate the effect of the
   kernel block device claiming applied.
 - Tackle the problem of swap being available at either /dev/hda5
   or /dev/mapper/hda5, or both(!!)


util-linux:
 - The vol_id patch has been taken upstream, make sure we're up to date
   and clean up any debris
 - Investigate fsck/mkswap UUID issues


Scott
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Scott James Remnant
Ubuntu Development Manager
scott at ubuntu.com
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