Will Dyson on 2 Oct 2006 16:55:04 -0000 |
On 10/2/06, Austin Murphy <austin.murphy@gmail.com> wrote: 1. #2 is also called "fakeraid" by the linux kernel devs. Instead of using hardware logic or the linux multidisk code, it (poorly) implements it's own code in a binary blob. It's kind of like a winmodem.
A while back, I remember seeing a proposal for a standardized on-disk format for hardware and software raid. I had thought that the major vendors were on-board with the idea, but I haven't heard anything since (from card vendors or the Linux MD/DM maintainers). It is a shame it has gone no-where, as if both the card and Linux supported the standard on-disk array format, it would solve some of the main irritations of using Linux software raid. Namely, being able to boot from a raid volume, and being able to use the card BIOS to configure the array (while still using the superior Linux software raid drivers). -- Will Dyson ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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