On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:51 +0300 Dag Nygren <dag@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi all! > > Just run into the standard problem by not having SCTERC enabled > for my drives due to a spelling mistake in my rc.local script > setting the parameters and started wondering: > > - What if the md module automatically set this during assembly > of the RAID? - In the kernel module itself. It could always set it, > if the set failed we could spit out a kernel warning that the used > drive might not be the best as a RAID device. Would there be any ill > effects from this? > - And ditto for the device time-out. > > This would definitely make md work a lot better for people. I have a > strange feeling that most don't know the parameter needs setting... I don't think it is appropriate for the kernel to automatically set such things. However it might be appropriate for mdadm to do it when assembling or creating the array. I'm happy to review and possibly accept patches. NeilBrown
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