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Re: [PATCH] adding raid5 support, plus a bugfix



Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:
> After a discussion with joeyh and joshk last night on #debian-boot, I
> submit to you the attached patch for inclusion in d-i. It adds RAID5
> support, plus fixes a couple of trivial but important bugs in the RAID1
> code's check for the required number of partitions to build the array. I
> tried my code in a vmware virtual machine and it works there. The only
> real rough spot in my code is where I try to ensure that there be at
> least 3 active partitions, as required by RAID5. (I didn't actually see
> any such limitation in the mdadm man page, but that seems to be the case
> based on what I have heard about RAID5. Maybe mdadm allows for some sort
> of partial or degraded performance with fewer? Anyone know for sure?) 

Bug #253693 has some info on degraded mode.

Applied the patch BTW, and my you squeaked in under the wire of the
string freeze..

-- 
see shy jo

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