Re: "Enhanced" MD code avaible for review

[Jeff Garzik]

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> My take on things...  the configuration of RAID arrays got a lot more 
> complex with DDF and "host RAID" in general.  Association of RAID arrays 
> based on specific hardware controllers.  Silently building RAID0+1 
> stacked arrays out of non-RAID block devices the kernel presents. 
> Failing over when one of the drives the kernel presents does not respond.
>
> All that just screams "do it in userland".

Just so there is no confusion...  the "failing over...in userland" thing 
I mention is _only_ during discovery of the root disk.

Similar code would need to go into the bootloader, for controllers that 
do not present the entire RAID array as a faked BIOS INT drive.

	Jeff



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