On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:02:44 +0100 Fredrik Pettai <pet...@nordu.net> wrote:
> On 17 Feb 2015, at 18:13 , Greg Oster <os...@netbsd.org> wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 18:40:03 +0100 > > BERTRAND Joël <joel.bertr...@systella.fr> wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> I've seen that sys/dev/raidframe contains some code for > >> raid level 6 but I haven't seen any information about raid 6. Is > >> this raid level usable ? > > > > Once upon a time I asked a similar question to the original > > RAIDframe developers, and IIRC the answer was 'the code is there, > > and should be mostly working, but hasn't been well tested'. > > > > I've not tested it at all either, and at this point would not > > recommend it for any important data. (Feel free to experiment with > > it, and let us/me know the results though!) > > Is it enabled by default, or does it need to be recompiled to get it > working? It is not enabled by default. There is probably a bit of playing that needs to be done to get it working, given that I don't think it's been compiled very much (at all?) in the last 10 years. Later... Greg Oster
