From: Gregory Seidman <gsslist+linuxraid@anthropohedron.net>
To: Linux RAID list <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: endianness of Linux kernel RAID
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 08:07:04 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050803120656.GA16696@anthropohedron.net> (raw)
It turns out that if one uses the kernel (2.4.x-2.6.x) RAID support (RAID5,
anyway, since that's all I've tested), the RAID'd disks cannot be moved to
another system with a different endianness. I don't know how hard that
would be to fix, but it did mean that when my ancient Mac clone I was using
as a server died I couldn't bring the RAID over to my spare x86 Linux box;
I had to dedicate other hardware (my dual G4 that I had been happily using
with OS X) to the task instead.
Unfortunately, I haven't gotten into kernel development and, therefore, do
not have the necessary expertise to fix it. Is anyone here interested in
this issue?
--Greg
next reply other threads:[~2005-08-03 12:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-08-03 12:07 Gregory Seidman [this message]
2005-08-03 13:05 ` endianness of Linux kernel RAID Paul Clements
2005-08-03 15:36 ` Gregory Seidman
2005-08-03 15:51 ` Paul Clements
2005-08-03 18:50 ` Dan Stromberg
2005-08-04 5:14 ` Neil Brown
2005-08-04 6:47 ` Neil Brown
2005-08-04 7:20 ` Daniel Pittman
2005-08-04 11:40 ` Gregory Seidman
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-08-09 4:49 Brent Walsh
2005-08-09 4:57 ` Neil Brown
2005-08-11 13:38 ` Brent Walsh
2005-08-18 4:44 ` Neil Brown
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