Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:02:59 +0100 | From | Jurriaan <> | Subject | Re: raid1 oops in 2.6.9 (debian package 2.6.9-1-686-smp) |
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From: Jakob Oestergaard <jakob@unthought.net> Date: Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 11:07:08AM +0100 > Why oh why, do we need raid10 ?
Raid-10 allows things currently not possible with raid-0/raid-1, like spreading 2 pieces of data over 3 pieces of harddisk.
Their was an introductory message on the linux-raid mailinglist, but it's more than one month old so I don't have a local copy.
> And; if raid10 does not provide new functionality that was not possible > with raid1 + raid0, why oh why does this get accepted in a stable kernel > series?
New drivers that are not enabled by default have always been allowed in stable kernels, since they don't have an impact on stability for the average user.
My $0.02, Jurriaan -- If something was not wrong things would not be right. Sergeant Ortega - Zorro Debian (Unstable) GNU/Linux 2.6.10-rc2-mm3 2x6078 bogomips load 1.44 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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