Messages in this thread | | | Date | 17 Aug 1999 20:18:45 -0000 | From | (Chris Good) | Subject | Re: Linux 2.2.12pre |
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In article <37B98E88.5BF4038B@Mutz.com>, Marc Mutz wrote: >One should not break semantics inside a stable kernel revision so >thoroughly. Not even as a present to Red Hat... (SuSE 6.x still uses >"mdadd v0.3d compiled for md raidtools-0.41").
The bullet is going to have to be bitten, preferably sooner rather than later. The distribution argument is a red herring, if you rely on the distribution supplied binaries only then they will update the distribution. If however you roll your own kernels then changing a couple of scripts isn't really a problem. The people running raid atm are the people who need reliable kernels which means they need to track the stable kernels and need the raid support up to date. Speaking from experience it is hard justifying linux solutions when you have to run older kernels with known showstopper bugs which keep biting you just because the raid patch isn't tracking kernel releases.
Chris
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