From: Jurriaan <thunder7@xs4all.nl>
To: Jakob Oestergaard <jakob@unthought.net>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: raid1 oops in 2.6.9 (debian package 2.6.9-1-686-smp)
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:02:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041129120259.GA23970@middle.of.nowhere> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041129100707.GX4469@unthought.net>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-11-29 12:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-11-28 14:28 raid1 oops in 2.6.9 (debian package 2.6.9-1-686-smp) Robert Murray
2004-11-29 10:07 ` Jakob Oestergaard
2004-11-29 12:02 ` Jurriaan [this message]
2004-11-29 12:51 ` Jakob Oestergaard
2004-11-30 1:58 ` Neil Brown
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