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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 10:11:31 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] md: Remove deprecated CONFIG_MD_LINEAR
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To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>, Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org,
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From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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On 1/12/24 10:10 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 09:08:04AM -0800, Song Liu wrote:
>> Thanks for the heads-up. I honestly don't know about this use case.
>> Where can I find/get more information about it?
> 
> What NAS uses md linear?
> 
> Either way you can always set up a dm-linear table to get at the
> data.

Or just boot an older kernel... Seems like a bit of a contrived use
case to cater to.

-- 
Jens Axboe