[patch] md(4) and preloaded memory disks
Poul-Henning Kamp
phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Tue Nov 6 19:40:07 UTC 2012
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In message <20121106182752.GB2234 at a91-153-116-96.elisa-laajakaista.fi>, Jaakko
Heinonen writes:
>I plan to commit the patch below to disallow attaching preloaded memory
>disks via ioctl. I didn't find anything that would really use this
>undocumented feature.
If I remember right, this was for the case where you had preloaded
multiple images, and the kernel would only auto-discover the first
one.
All things (such as the disapperance of floppy disks), considered
this feature should be removed.
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