Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 15:53:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 15:53:47 -0500 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust42.swa.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.42]:15496 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 21 Nov 2002 15:53:42 -0500 Subject: Re: RFC - new raid superblock layout for md driver From: Alan Cox To: Steven Dake Cc: Doug Ledford , Joel Becker , Neil Brown , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3DDD3AB6.2010105@mvista.com> References: <15835.2798.613940.614361@notabene.cse.unsw.edu.au> <20021120160259.GW806@nic1-pc.us.oracle.com> <15836.7011.785444.979392@notabene.cse.unsw.edu.au> <20021121014625.GA14063@redhat.com> <20021121193424.GB770@nic1-pc.us.oracle.com> <20021121195406.GF14063@redhat.com> <3DDD3AB6.2010105@mvista.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-10) Date: 21 Nov 2002 21:29:36 +0000 Message-Id: <1037914176.9122.2.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 704 Lines: 18 On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 19:57, Steven Dake wrote: > Doug, > > EVMS integrates all of this stuff together into one cohesive peice of > technology. > > But I agree, LVM should be modified to support RAID 1 and RAID 5, or MD > should be modified to support volume management. Since RAID 1 and RAID > 5 are easier to implement, LVM is probably the best place to put all > this stuff. User space issue. Its about the tools view not about the kernel drivers. - 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/