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 03:37:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 22 Dec 2001 03:37:16 -0500 Received: from bwbohh.net ([66.96.192.22]:60294 "EHLO garcia.hostnoc.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 22 Dec 2001 03:37:06 -0500 Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 03:37:22 -0500 From: Eric Windisch To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Hello. Patch time (drivers/block/loop.c) Message-ID: <20011222033722.C25321@grokthis.net> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20011222031442.A25275@grokthis.net> <20011222012934.B7823@lynx.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20011222012934.B7823@lynx.no> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 01:29:34AM -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote: > 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 will look into that, do you have a url or email address (otherwise I'll use google or RTFM)? > > > 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"? Well, it would be nice if I could easily replace a raid controller with software raid.. if this could be possible, I assume it could be. -- Eric Windisch http://bwbohh.net