[Sheflug] State of RAID and VM subsystems.

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

Hi all.

I read bits and bobs of the linux-kernel list on and off, but I'm not a
kernel hacker, and don't know all the ins and outs of it all.

However, there was a short thread about Ingo Molnar's RAID patches.
I note that linuxraid.org mentions that the 2.2 series kernels still use
the 0.4 version of the RAID system, yet development is actually
happening with v0.9 - which is faster + more stable.
 Why is this happening? Without emailling Alan Cox, why has the newer
system not been integrated into the kernel?

There have also been hints at problems with the memory system in
2.2.16-18. What's the crack with that?

With 2.4.0, and its reworked systems, are there any major problems -
such as the funky VM system that seemed to be the main issue for a while
around 2.4.0-test10 to -test12 or there abouts?
It seems that the main stuff is behaving itself now.
 Which RAID system is in 2.4.0?

 Only my workstation runs 2.4.0, the rest will probably stay on 2.2.xx
kernels for a while, so I'm still interested on how that is going.

 Besides reading kernel traffic, are there any idiots-guides to the
state of things?

 Cheers.

Baz.
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