On Monday August 2, a_bouter@xxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi, > > I wonder if you can tell me more about this warning I get during boot: > > md: raidstart(pid 475) used deprecated START_ARRAY ioctl. This will not be > supported beyond 2.6 The "START_ARRAY" ioctl is badly designed. It makes assumptions about the stability of device number which are simply untrue. As a consequence, the "raidstart" program which uses START_ARRAY is potentially dangerous, in that it seems to work most of the time so you can get a false sense of security that your system is configured properly. But if a drive dies, raidstart may not be able to restart your array. > > The warning was followed by one of my mirrors disks being kicked out, but that > can be a mere coincidence. Very likely a coincidence. > > I was wondering if there's going to be a new version of raidtools anytime soon > for kernels 2.6 and later? I am not aware of any on-going development of raidtools. All parts of it other than "raidstart" should continue to work however. I recommend using mdadm instead of raidtools. It is maintained. NeilBrown - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
