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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] md: Remove deprecated CONFIG_MD_LINEAR
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On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 09:08:04AM -0800, Song Liu wrote:
> Thanks for the heads-up. I honestly don't know about this use case.
> Where can I find/get more information about it?

What NAS uses md linear?

Either way you can always set up a dm-linear table to get at the
data.