Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 14:32:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 14:32:53 -0500 Received: from inet-mail2.oracle.com ([148.87.2.202]:60593 "EHLO inet-mail2.oracle.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 14:32:51 -0500 Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 11:39:51 -0800 From: Joel Becker To: Lars Marowsky-Bree Cc: Neil Brown , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFC - new raid superblock layout for md driver Message-ID: <20021121193950.GD770@nic1-pc.us.oracle.com> References: <20021120234743.GF29881@marowsky-bree.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021120234743.GF29881@marowsky-bree.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Burt-Line: Trees are cool. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1002 Lines: 29 On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 12:47:43AM +0100, Lars Marowsky-Bree wrote: > However, for none-RAID devices like multipathing I believe that activating a > drive on multiple hosts should be possible; ie, for these it might not be > necessary to scribble to the superblock every time. Again, if you don't use persistent superblock and merely run the mkraid from your initscripts (or initrd), raid0 and multipath work just fine today. Joel -- "We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people." - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Joel Becker Senior Member of Technical Staff Oracle Corporation E-mail: joel.becker@oracle.com Phone: (650) 506-8127 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/