I hope that Ralph guy got his raid5 working. It's always good to see someone using this stuff :) -----Original Message----- From: Heinz Mauelshagen [mailto:mauelshagen@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 4:00 AM To: Jane Liu Cc: mauelshagen@xxxxxxxxxx; ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx; hjm@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: How to build dm-raid4-5 module ? On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 10:50:01AM -0800, Jane Liu wrote: > > > FYI: the patch available on my people page is excluding > > Makefile and Kconfig changes; need to provide an updated one... > > I see. I didn't get a chance to look up the actual patch. Hope I didn't > confuse anyone. Not me ;) > > > Do you have evidence (tests etc.) for the degraded case not handled > properly ? > > I'ld be interested in those. > > No, I don't have any evidence from tests. I just remembered the issue > with array members being reordered if one member is missing. The > proposed solution was to fill in the "gaps" with error mappings. Is that > already done in rc10? Ah, I misunderstood your concern. Error mapping replacement in dmraid needs to be done for RAID4+5 mappings still. Heinz > > > Thanks, > > Heinz > > On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 06:41:05PM -0800, Jane Liu wrote: > > Ralph, > > > > I don't know what kind of compile errors you are getting, but if it > has something to do with missing dm-split and dm-iostats, I think you > can just remove references to those from the Makefile. > > > > Please understand that the nvidia raid5 support in dmraid is still > work-in-progress. Activating a degraded raid5 array is _not_ handled > properly and may result in data corruption. Please be sure to back up > your data. > > > > Regards, > > Jane > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ataraid-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:ataraid-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > schmidt.ralph@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 4:54 PM > > To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: How to build dm-raid4-5 module ? > > > > > > Hello, > > > > i am trying to build this dm-raid4-5 kernel module to get my nvidia > > raid5 running. I?ve downloaded, patched und build kernel 2.6.15.4. > After > > changing the Makefile it compiles dm-raid4-5, but i?m getting errors > > like there are some things not included. I can post a more detailed > > report later, but may someone can tell me the way to build this > module. > > Greetings, > > > > Ralph > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Red Hat GmbH Consulting Development Engineer Am Sonnenhang 11 Cluster and Storage Development 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@xxxxxxxxxx +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=- _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list
