Comment 17 for bug 75681

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Ian Jackson (ijackson) wrote : Re: [Bug 75681] Re: initramfs script: race condition between sata and md

Aurelien Naldi writes ("[Bug 75681] Re: initramfs script: race condition between sata and md"):
> The array should _not_ be started _at_all_ unless all needed devices
> have been detected (including spare ones) OR when all device
> detection is done.

Unfortunately, in Linux 2.6, there is no way to detect when `all
device detection is done' (and indeed depending on which kinds of bus
are available, that may not even be a meaningful concept).

Ian.