Softraid cryptoraid disks are hotplug'ed whenever someone issues
bioctl, whether it is in /etc/rc, /etc/rc.local.local, or elsewhere.

It is not presently possible to have them created prior to init,
but then again, usb disks (read: cameras) can be done prior to init.

I can insert a usb disk and create a softraid crypto volume after
hotplugd starts, and let the attach script worry about duid and fsck
and mount, but I can't do this if it happens to show up before
hotplugd starts.

Whether it's cameras or softraid or external usb disks, all are
hotplugged regardless of when they arrive on the scene or their
backing store.

*shrug*

Penned by Ted Unangst on 20101213 14:04.13, we have:
| On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Todd T. Fries <todd@fries.net> wrote:
| > I echo Mark's sentiments, though for a different reason.
| >
| > Softraid crypto volumes take time to fsck, yet are useful to use.
| >
| > In my case I can wait 20+min for my personal laptop to be useful, or I
| > can wait 5min and let the rest fsck while I get to be productive. ?The
| > laptop has /usr, /var, /tmp, /home, /usr/obj, /usr/src, /usr/ports
| > amongst other partitions. ?I've marked all but the first four as
| > 'noauto' and then use the hotplug attach routine to fsck and mount the
| > rest, which are not necessary for me to be productive and check email.
| >
| > Since this change, I've hardcoded the scripts, but would definately
| > prefer the prior behavior.
| 
| I can agree there's a problem here, but the fact that you're using
| hotplug to mount disks that aren't hotplugged indicates the problem is
| elsewhere. :)  I don't think hotplug was supposed to be the "do random
| stuff a little bit but not too long after boot" utility.

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