linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] md: Remove deprecated CONFIG_MD

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Message-ID: <79f0bbe3-ade9-43a2-8372-dbe8598c2fd8@kernel.dk>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 10:11:31 -0700
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Song Liu <song@...nel.org>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
 Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>, Guoqing Jiang <guoqing.jiang@...ux.dev>,
 Mateusz Grzonka <mateusz.grzonka@...el.com>,
 Jes Sorensen <jes@...ined-monkey.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] md: Remove deprecated CONFIG_MD_LINEAR

On 1/12/24 10:10 AM, Christoph Hellwig 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?
> 
> Either way you can always set up a dm-linear table to get at the
> data.

Or just boot an older kernel... Seems like a bit of a contrived use
case to cater to.

-- 
Jens Axboe