Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Jul 2003 18:23:32 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <> | Subject | Re: 2.5 'what to expect' |
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On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 04:55:39PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > > > - The hptraid/promise RAID drivers are currently non functional, and > > > > will probably be converted to use device-mapper. > > > > Please put software RAID here to avoid confusion. > > That introduces confusion with dev/md, which is what people have > traditionally called software RAID, IMO...
s/software RAID/propertiary software RAIDs/
> I like arjan's "fakeraid" or "ataraid" names. ;-)
"fakeraid" sounds good. :-)
> > > > IDE. > > > > ~~~~ > > > > - Known problems with the current IDE code. > > > > o Serverworks OSB4 may panic on bad blocks or other non fatal errors > > > FIXED > > > > o PCMCIA IDE hangs on eject > > > Should be fixed in 2.5, fixed(ish) in 2.4 > > > > o ide_scsi is completely broken in 2.5.x. Known problem. If you need it > > > > either use 2.4 or fix it 8) > > > > - IDE disk geometry translators like OnTrack, EZ Partition, Disk Manager > > > > are no longer supported. The only way forward is to remove the translator > > > > from the drive, and start over. > > > > > > Or to use device mapper to remap the disk. > > > > "hdx=remap" and "hdx=remap63" boot options can be used. > > Or can I remove them? > > You can remove them... if there is a userspace component that handles > this. As much as I would love to do so, we can't just remove components > that DM _can_ handle ;-) ;-) If so, we could go ahead and remove MD > raid0 too, and such.
How userspace component can help if you have ie. On-Track DM on your boot device?
I think you missed my point :-).
I think if somebody adds On-Track and EZ auto-detection to device mapper I can safely remove these ide boot options...
-- Bartlomiej
> Jeff
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