Re: [PATCH] aacraid: Add module param to export disks as 'fixed' instead of 'removable'

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On 05/19/2011 01:51 AM, Mark Salyzyn wrote:
>> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 01:05:29AM +0530, Ankit Jain wrote:
>>> aacraid: Add 'aac_export_fixed' module param to export disks as
>>> 'fixed' instead of 'removable'.
>>> Adaptec controllers set the removable flag on devices to
>>> allow for reconfiguration. The fear is that _not_ setting this
>>> flag would inhibit the OS from detecting any device reconfiguration.
>> The flag should not be set at all and just be removed.
> 
> This will break the RAID Management Software, and various Firmware
> features (snapshot, thin-provisioning etc)

I'm trying to get a better understanding. How do the RAID management
software and firmware features depend on this?

-- 
Ankit Jain
SUSE Labs
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