From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 12 08:36:41 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 050BE1065670 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:36:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ulf.lilleengen@gmail.com) Received: from bgo1smout1.broadpark.no (bgo1smout1.broadpark.no [217.13.4.94]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B37928FC17 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:36:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ulf.lilleengen@gmail.com) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Received: from bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no ([217.13.4.93]) by bgo1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-3.01 (built Jul 12 2007; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0KBR00G2Y6GEZE20@bgo1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-geom@freebsd.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:36:14 +0100 (CET) Received: from carrot.studby.ntnu.no ([80.203.120.105]) by bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-3.01 (built Jul 12 2007; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0KBR00MJX6GECA20@bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-geom@freebsd.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:36:14 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:37:09 +0100 From: Ulf Lilleengen To: "Rick C. Petty" Message-id: <20081212083708.GA1455@carrot.studby.ntnu.no> References: <4940FF0F.2020404@field.hu> <20081211205659.GA72478@keira.kiwi-computer.com> <49419680.4010003@field.hu> <20081212040137.GA76422@keira.kiwi-computer.com> In-reply-to: <20081212040137.GA76422@keira.kiwi-computer.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: oxy , freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Encrypting raid5 volume with geli X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:36:41 -0000 On tor, des 11, 2008 at 10:01:37pm -0600, Rick C. Petty wrote: *snip* > There are a set of patches that lulf@ has which I believe put the volume in > "up" state initially instead of "down", but maybe it only works for > mirrors. The code in current and RELENG_7 does initially put the volume in > "down" state. > Yes, it only works for mirrors, since I thought it doesn't really matter if a mirror is properly initialized, since the user need to put data into the mirror for it to be useful anyway. The same goes for RAID-5 I guess, but I was not sure if it might trigger some weird behaviour since parity would not match if reading the volume. I will test out a small modification I made, which removes the need to run 'gvinum start' on the raid5 plexes. -- Ulf Lilleengen