From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Clements Subject: Re: raid1: module or compiled in? Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 11:48:54 -0400 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3EB92AE6.91F9FED4@SteelEye.com> References: <1052320882.649.99.camel@zrr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: To: zdavatz@generika.cc Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids 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... -- Paul