From: Zeno Davatz <zdavatz@generika.cc>
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: raid1: module or compiled in?
Date: 07 May 2003 18:03:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1052323420.1551.116.camel@zrr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3EB92AE6.91F9FED4@SteelEye.com>
On Wed, 2003-05-07 at 17:48, Paul Clements wrote:
> Zeno Davatz wrote:
>
> > I am a Debian Woody 2.4.20 user and got the following question:
> >
> > If I want the software raid to work do I need to compile it into the
> > kernel or does it suffice if I just load the support as module?
>
> md generally does have to be compiled in...the raid personality modules
> (raid1, raid5, etc.) can be compiled as modules... more below...
>
> > I was reading in the software-RAID Howto that the support should NOT be
> > loaded as Module. Why would that be?
>
> Were they talking about _md_ needing to be compiled in? Because it has
> to be compiled into the kernel if you want to use persistent superblocks
> and/or use it for your root partition. I have patches against 2.4 and
> 2.5 to fix this md problem, BTW, if anyone wants them...I posted the 2.5
> one a while back...
Ok, thanks. This is useful. In that case I must patch the kernel with your patch
or I must compile md into the kernel.
Thanks for the hint.
Zeno
> --
> Paul
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-05-07 16:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-07 15:21 raid1: module or compiled in? Zeno Davatz
2003-05-07 15:48 ` Paul Clements
2003-05-07 16:03 ` Zeno Davatz [this message]
2003-05-07 16:07 ` Derek Vadala
2003-05-07 16:20 ` Fatal: map file must be on the boot RAID partition Zeno Davatz
2003-05-07 16:53 ` raid1: module or compiled in? Paul Clements
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