Re: Hello. Patch time (drivers/block/loop.c)

Eric Windisch (ericw@grokthis.net)
Sat, 22 Dec 2001 03:37:22 -0500

On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 01:29:34AM -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> Contact Neil Brown, as this is already done. That is a "feature" of
> Linux - most things you want to do have already been done by someone
> else.

I will look into that, do you have a url or email address (otherwise I'll use google or RTFM)?

>
> > I think it would be really neat if the software-raid could eventually
> > become compatable with hardware raid.. although much slower
>
> In many cases, software raid is as fast or faster than hardware raid.
> What do you mean by "compatible"?

Well, it would be nice if I could easily replace a raid controller with software raid.. if this could be possible, I assume it could be.

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Eric Windisch
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