Re: [PATCH 1/3] md: Remove deprecated CONFIG_MD_LINEAR

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Hi Christoph,

On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 6:10 PM Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 09:08:04AM -0800, Song Liu wrote:
> > Thanks for the heads-up. I honestly don't know about this use case.
> > Where can I find/get more information about it?
>
> What NAS uses md linear?

No idea, I was just wondering....
Lots of NASes sold support JBOD (yes, I know I should not use anything
that lacks mirroring for data I care about ;-)

> Either way you can always set up a dm-linear table to get at the
> data.

If dm-linear offers the same functionality, I have no objection.

Note to self: learn about the difference between dm and md, finally...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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