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From: Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org>
To: Leslie Rhorer <lrhorer@satx.rr.com>
Cc: 'Martin Cracauer' <cracauer@cons.org>, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Superblock V 1.2
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 16:08:52 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101107210852.GA77472@cons.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E9.7C.19545.72417DC4@cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com>

Thanks, Leslie,

Leslie Rhorer wrote on Sun, Nov 07, 2010 at 03:03:39PM -0600: 
> 
> > Can I read that array if I ever connect the machine to an older
> > kernel/mdadm?
> 
> 	That depends on just how old.  The new superblocks have been
> supported for quite some time.  Worst case you will need to upgrade the old
> kernel to a newer one.

Is mdadm actually involved? If I have a new enough kernel but an old
mdadm, will the kernel code alone be enough to start the array?

I guess it should since it can start the arrays at boot time with no
mdadm involved.

Martin
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  reply	other threads:[~2010-11-07 21:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-07 19:15 Superblock V 1.2 Martin Cracauer
2010-11-07 21:03 ` Leslie Rhorer
2010-11-07 21:08   ` Martin Cracauer [this message]
2010-11-07 21:39     ` John Robinson
2010-11-09 16:35       ` Martin Cracauer
2010-11-09 17:08         ` John Robinson
2010-11-15  1:11           ` Neil Brown
2010-11-15 16:16             ` Martin Cracauer
2010-11-15 19:47               ` Neil Brown
2010-11-15 19:52                 ` Martin Cracauer
2010-11-15 20:11                   ` Neil Brown

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