also sprach Seth Mattinen <sethm@rollernet.us> [2009.07.19.2052 +0200]: > My guess is that the kernel was masking it. A hardware array > controller will see it directly since it's not relying on > intermediate layers and kick it out of the array. There's > absolutely no reason to keep a slow to respond drive in an array > even if it's not throwing errors. This is one situation where > a hardware array has a distinct advantage. I agree, and I have forwarded your issue to upstream. However, for better results, I suggest you take your issue to linux-raid@vger.kernel.org (and CC me). Upstream will prefer to respond there. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@d.o> Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck http://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems "i am not in favour of long engagements. they give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which i think is never advisable." -- oscar wilde
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