Bug#434138: bug 434138

[martin f krafft]

also sprach Eric Lauriault <eric at linux.ca> [2007.07.24.0418 +0200]:
> I understand this is an ugly solution but it's the only one I have found 
> yet. I only have problems with it when using it in conjunction with a 
> sparc64-smp kernel with scsi drivers. Same os, setup and package version 
> on 686-smp: no problems at all. I don't think it's a problem with the 
> package so much as  it is a race condition between the initialization of 
> the disks by the kernel drivers and the assembly attempt of the array by 
> the script. Could there be a nicer way to check if the devices in 
> /etc/mdadm.conf have be initialized before trying to proceed with the 
> array assembly?

Please tell me what exactly happens if you don't include the sleep.
Otherwise I am afraid there is nothing I can do.

(http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html)

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