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Date:      Sun, 24 Apr 2011 13:13:16 +0300
From:      Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r220982 - in head: . sys/amd64/conf sys/arm/conf sys/conf sys/i386/conf sys/ia64/conf sys/mips/conf sys/mips/malta sys/pc98/conf sys/powerpc/conf sys/sparc64/conf sys/sun4v/conf
Message-ID:  <4DB3F7BC.8090106@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20110424100754.GD48734@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
References:  <201104240858.p3O8wwqT024628@svn.freebsd.org> <20110424100754.GD48734@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>

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On 24.04.2011 13:07, Kostik Belousov wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 08:58:58AM +0000, Alexander Motin wrote:
>> Author: mav
>> Date: Sun Apr 24 08:58:58 2011
>> New Revision: 220982
>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/220982
>>
>> Log:
>>    Switch the GENERIC kernels for all architectures to the new CAM-based ATA
>>    stack. It means that all legacy ATA drivers are disabled and replaced by
>>    respective CAM drivers. If you are using ATA device names in /etc/fstab or
>>    other places, make sure to update them respectively (adX ->  adaY,
>>    acdX ->  cdY, afdX ->  daY, astX ->  saY, where 'Y's are the sequential
>>    numbers for each type in order of detection, unless configured otherwise
>>    with tunables, see cam(4)).
>>
>>    ataraid(4) functionality is now supported by the RAID GEOM class.
>>    To use it you can load geom_raid kernel module and use graid(8) tool
>>    for management. Instead of /dev/arX device names, use /dev/raid/rX.
>
> How many raid implementations, in particular, stripe and mirror ?

Same as before: one out, another in.

> Is gstripe/gmirror merged, or planned to be merged with geom_raid ?
> Does it make sense to merge if not yet ?

It is definitely possible, but it is not done yet to not put all eggs in 
one basket.

-- 
Alexander Motin



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