From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 22 Dec 2001 03:30:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 22 Dec 2001 03:29:55 -0500 Received: from h24-64-71-161.cg.shawcable.net ([24.64.71.161]:55534 "EHLO lynx.adilger.int") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 22 Dec 2001 03:29:43 -0500 Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 01:29:34 -0700 From: Andreas Dilger To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Hello. Patch time (drivers/block/loop.c) Message-ID: <20011222012934.B7823@lynx.no> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20011222031442.A25275@grokthis.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <20011222031442.A25275@grokthis.net>; from ericw@grokthis.net on Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 03:14:42AM -0500 X-GPG-Key: 1024D/0D35BED6 X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7A37 5D79 BF1B CECA D44F 8A29 A488 39F5 0D35 BED6 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Dec 22, 2001 03:14 -0500, Eric Windisch wrote: > I may be looking at this and the multi-device drivers in the near > future as I have a need for support for partitions on these devices; Contact Neil Brown, as this is already done. That is a "feature" of Linux - most things you want to do have already been done by someone else. > I think it would be really neat if the software-raid could eventually > become compatable with hardware raid.. although much slower In many cases, software raid is as fast or faster than hardware raid. What do you mean by "compatible"? Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2resize/ http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/