>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Demmer <Michael.Demmer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Michael> Thanks -- I understand your concerns, but unfortunately I Michael> can't really go into more detail about our use case since Michael> it's something we use internally. Given which, I understand Michael> your potential reluctance to take the patch. Duh, they're an IP accelerator company, so of course the want to maximize speed from their RAID array on the appliance to the various ethernet interfaces. John -- 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