Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932624AbdCGPr2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Mar 2017 10:47:28 -0500 Received: from mga11.intel.com ([192.55.52.93]:20114 "EHLO mga11.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932735AbdCGPrB (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Mar 2017 10:47:01 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.35,258,1484035200"; d="scan'208";a="1105807456" Subject: Re: When will Linux support M2 on RAID ? To: Christoph Hellwig , "David F." References: <20170307045200.GA1708@infradead.org> Cc: linux-kernel , "linux-raid@vger.kernel.org" , "Williams, Dan J" From: Dave Jiang Message-ID: <9244d1bf-b5c4-f4b0-4d00-cb734d002109@intel.com> Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 08:46:59 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20170307045200.GA1708@infradead.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 747 Lines: 16 On 03/06/2017 09:52 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Sun, Mar 05, 2017 at 06:09:42PM -0800, David F. wrote: >> More and more systems are coming with M2 on RAID and Linux doesn't >> work unless you change the system out of RAID mode. This is becoming >> more and more of a problem. What is the status of Linux support for >> the new systems? > > Your message doesn't make sense at all. MD works on absolutely any > Linux block device, and I've used it on plenty M.2 form factor devices - > not that the form factor has anything to do with how Linux would treat > a device. I have a feeling he's talking about this [1] issue. [1]: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3123075/linux/linux-wont-install-on-your-laptop-blame-intel-not-microsoft.html