On 10/25/2013 06:42 AM, NeilBrown wrote: > 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... No strange feeling at all. Most of my posts to this list are helping people bitten by it. > 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. This is a wonderful idea, as it could possibly help people stuck on older kernels. I'll take a look at doing this myself. Phil -- 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
