On 2006-01-20T19:36:21, Heinz Mauelshagen <mauelshagen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Then 'dmraid' (or a similar tool) can use 'dm' interfaces for some
> > raid levels and 'md' interfaces for others.
> Yes, that's possible but there's recommendations to have a native target
> for dm to do RAID5, so I started to implement it.
Can you answer me what the recommendations are based on?
I understand wanting to manage both via the same framework, but
duplicating the code is just ... wrong.
What's gained by it? Why not provide a dm-md wrapper which could then
load/interface to all md personalities?
Sincerely,
Lars Marowsky-Brée
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