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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 14:05:55 -0500
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
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To: mutex <mutex@cryptobackpack.org>
CC: Scott Long <scott_long@adaptec.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Proposed enhancements to MD
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mutex wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 05:34:10PM -0700 or thereabouts, Scott Long wrote:
> 
>>All,
>>
>>Adaptec has been looking at the MD driver for a foundation for their
>>Open-Source software RAID stack.  This will help us provide full
>>and open support for current and future Adaptec RAID products (as
>>opposed to the limited support through closed drivers that we have now).
>>
>>While MD is fairly functional and clean, there are a number of 
>>enhancements to it that we have been working on for a while and would
>>like to push out to the community for review and integration.  These
>>include:
>>
> 
> 
> 
> How about a endian safe superblock ?  Seriously, is that a 'bug' or a
> 'feature' ?  Or do people just not care.


There was a thread discussing md's new superblock design, did you 
research/follow that?  neilb was actively soliciting comments and there 
was an amount of discussion.

	Jeff


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