Re: 2.2 kernel - Ext3 & Raid patches

[Herman Oosthuysen]

Stephen,

Does this mean that Ext3 is still not recommended for use with RAID1?

Thanks,
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----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen C. Tweedie <[e-mail]>
To: Jon Hedlund <[e-mail]>; <[e-mail]>; <[e-mail]>;
<[e-mail]>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 2:49 AM
Subject: Re: 2.2 kernel - Ext3 & Raid patches

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 06:11:44PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote:
> > On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 04:40:06PM -0500, Jon Hedlund wrote:
> > > 2. What is the "proper" fix for the patch collision between the raid
> > > patch and the ext3 patch in /include/linux/fs.h?
> >
> > Use 2.4.
>
> Actually, you just need to renumber one of the conflicting #defines to
> something unused, and it will work fine.  Soft raid0 or linear mode
> will work quite happily with ext3 on 2.2 after you do that, it's only
> the resync after a crash that you get with raid1 or raid5 that is
> dangerous.
>
> Cheers,
>  Stephen
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