Re: md: bug in file raid5.c, line 540 was: Re: Linux 2.4.22-rc1

[Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>]

On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 05:28:26PM +0200, Lars Marowsky-Bree wrote:
> On 2003-08-22T14:26:59,
>    Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com> said:
> 
> > > I fixed that for multipath in 2.4 too, but I can't get around to clean
> > > up the patchset *sigh*
> > Then send the patch to someone who can...
> 
> I've repeatedly announced the updated patches at
> ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/lmb/md-mp/kernel/ in the past (though the
> URL has varied slightly), so feel free to pick them up.
> 
> > Has anyone attempted to create a testbed for md? 
> 
> I've done that for the multipath module. I've put my mp-test.sh at
> ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/lmb/md-mp/mp-test.sh, too. It comes
> without any warranty or documentation besides the comments in the
> script though ;-)
> 

Is there any way to get it working on one partition, or does it require at
least two backing store block (an actual physical disk) devices that a bunch
of loop devices point to?  (I'm thinking of the raid[15] case).