From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: [PATCH] RAID Kconfig cleanups, remove experimental tag from RAID-6 Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 14:10:25 -0800 Message-ID: <420938D1.10904@zytor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------080900080408040905030604" Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Neil Brown Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------080900080408040905030604 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This patch removes the experimental tag from RAID-6 (unfortunately the damage is already done...:-|) and cleans up a few more things in the Kconfig file. Signed-Off-By: H. Peter Anvin --------------080900080408040905030604 Content-Type: text/x-patch; name="raid-kconfig.diff" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="raid-kconfig.diff" Index: linux-2.5/drivers/md/Kconfig =================================================================== RCS file: /home/hpa/kernel/bkcvs/linux-2.5/drivers/md/Kconfig,v retrieving revision 1.17 diff -u -r1.17 Kconfig --- linux-2.5/drivers/md/Kconfig 15 Jan 2005 23:46:55 -0000 1.17 +++ linux-2.5/drivers/md/Kconfig 8 Feb 2005 22:02:42 -0000 @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ mirroring (RAID-1) with easier configuration and more flexable layout. Unlike RAID-0, but like RAID-1, RAID-10 requires all devices to - be the same size (or atleast, only as much as the smallest device + be the same size (or at least, only as much as the smallest device will be used). RAID-10 provides a variety of layouts that provide different levels of redundancy and performance. @@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/ + If unsure, say Y. config MD_RAID5 tristate "RAID-4/RAID-5 mode" @@ -120,20 +121,16 @@ . There you will also learn where to get the supporting user space utilities raidtools. - If you want to use such a RAID-4/RAID-5 set, say Y. To compile - this code as a module, choose M here: the module will be called raid5. + If you want to use such a RAID-4/RAID-5 set, say Y. To + compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module + will be called raid5. If unsure, say Y. config MD_RAID6 - tristate "RAID-6 mode (EXPERIMENTAL)" - depends on BLK_DEV_MD && EXPERIMENTAL + tristate "RAID-6 mode" + depends on BLK_DEV_MD ---help--- - WARNING: RAID-6 is currently highly experimental. If you - use it, there is no guarantee whatsoever that it won't - destroy your data, eat your disk drives, insult your mother, - or re-appoint George W. Bush. - A RAID-6 set of N drives with a capacity of C MB per drive provides the capacity of C * (N - 2) MB, and protects against a failure of any two drives. For a given sector @@ -150,7 +147,7 @@ this code as a module, choose M here: the module will be called raid6. - If unsure, say N. + If unsure, say Y. config MD_MULTIPATH tristate "Multipath I/O support" --------------080900080408040905030604--