Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 23 Jan 1999 12:34:21 +1100 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: devfs patch v86 available |
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> On Sat, 23 Jan 1999, Richard Gooch wrote: > > > > > > Would it be possible to sync your patch with the current linux > > > RAID0145 kernel patch? > > > > > > Devfs + linux raid would be very handy. > > > > I can only produce patches against the official kernels. To do > > anything else is a maintenance nightmare. What is needed is someone > > with the time and interest to produce patches against the current RAID > > patch. Anyone willing to do that should contact me so we can > > co-ordinate. I'm also willing to carry devfs patches for > > official-kernel+raid patches on my ftp site, so there can be a > > centralised repository. Or I can add a URL on my WWW page. Whatever. > > I have the time, the itch and the web space, but probably not the > expertise (1.5 years of C at Uni 2 years ago). > > what does adding support for /dev/md0 involve? hunting down > numbers in include files, IFDEF'ing, i could handle. kernel > coding is way beyond me.
It shouldn't be that hard. Read the part of the devfs patch that touches drivers/block/md.c and understand what it's trying to do. Then apply the whole devfs patch to a linus+RAID kernel and manually apply the failed hunks (taking account of the difference structure of the RAID code).
Regards,
Richard....
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