Hi Neil, On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Neil Brown wrote: > 4/ just use 'dm', or write a new 'md' module that can present a > partition of a device. Then leave the setup to user-space. > This is least impact on the kernel, but most impact on > user-space. It would not be too hard to create a userspace tool >From a user/admin POV, I'd say go with dm. Even the 'virt-partition by way of dm' isnt needed if you have LVM tools, but I guess might be nice to obviate need for extra tools. (though, I couldnt live without LVM anymore, its just /too/ useful.). regards, -- Paul Jakma paul@clubi.ie paul@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A warning: do not ever send email to spam@dishone.st Fortune: It is against the law for a monster to enter the corporate limits of Urbana, Illinois. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html