check for running devices based on UUID

Signed-off-by: martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/debian/initramfs/hook b/debian/initramfs/hook
index d4a62371..9b730551 100644
--- a/debian/initramfs/hook
+++ b/debian/initramfs/hook
@@ -226,13 +226,15 @@ if [ "$INITRDSTART" != none ] && [ -n "$devpairs" ]; then
     esac
   done
 
-  # see if /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf looks like it's missing devices
-  $MDADM --detail --scan | while read array device rubbish; do
-    if ! echo $devpairs | grep -qw $device; then
-      warn "You appear to be missing $device from /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf !"
-      warn "If this array is required to boot, you must add the following line:"
-      rubbish=`echo $rubbish | sed 's/metadata=[^ ]* //'`
-      warn "$array $device $rubbish"
+  # make sure the configuration file knows about all running devices
+  $MDADM --detail --scan | while read array device params; do
+    uuid=${params#*UUID=}; uuid=${uuid%% *}
+    if ! grep -q "UUID=$uuid" $DESTMDADMCONF; then
+      warn "the array $device with UUID $uuid"
+      warn "is currently active, but it is not listed in mdadm.conf. if"
+      warn "it is needed for boot, then YOUR SYSTEM IS NOW UNBOOTABLE!"
+      warn "please inspect the output of /usr/share/mdadm/mkconf, compare"
+      warn "it to $CONFIG, and make the necessary changes."
     fi
   done