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Re: software RAID: ataraid(4) vs raidframe(4) ?



Geert Hendrickx <ghen%telenet.be@localhost> writes:
> On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 02:37:33AM +0200, Juan Romero Pardines wrote:
>> 2008/9/4 Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>:
>> > And how do you make sure they're in sync in case of an unclean shutdown ?
>> > Do you have to let the BIOS run the parity rebuild until before booting ?
>> 
>> With the current NetBSD driver you are never sure if data is synced,
>> unless a rebuild has been issued through the BIOS management. NetBSD code
>> will _only_ tell you if a component has failed... just take a look at the
>> ld_ataraid.c code.
>
> Wow, that's a serious show stopper...

I would go so far as to say that renders the code unusable.

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Perry E. Metzger                perry%piermont.com@localhost


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