From: NeilBrown This patch removes the experimental tag from RAID-6 (unfortunately the damage is already done...:-|) and cleans up a few more things in the Kconfig file. Signed-Off-By: H. Peter Anvin Signed-off-by: Neil Brown Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- 25-akpm/drivers/md/Kconfig | 19 ++++++++----------- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/md/Kconfig~md-raid-kconfig-cleanups-remove-experimental-tag-from-raid-6 drivers/md/Kconfig --- 25/drivers/md/Kconfig~md-raid-kconfig-cleanups-remove-experimental-tag-from-raid-6 Wed Feb 9 15:15:48 2005 +++ 25-akpm/drivers/md/Kconfig Wed Feb 9 15:15:48 2005 @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ config MD_RAID10 mirroring (RAID-1) with easier configuration and more flexable layout. Unlike RAID-0, but like RAID-1, RAID-10 requires all devices to - be the same size (or atleast, only as much as the smallest device + be the same size (or at least, only as much as the smallest device will be used). RAID-10 provides a variety of layouts that provide different levels of redundancy and performance. @@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ config MD_RAID10 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/ + If unsure, say Y. config MD_RAID5 tristate "RAID-4/RAID-5 mode" @@ -120,20 +121,16 @@ config MD_RAID5 . There you will also learn where to get the supporting user space utilities raidtools. - If you want to use such a RAID-4/RAID-5 set, say Y. To compile - this code as a module, choose M here: the module will be called raid5. + If you want to use such a RAID-4/RAID-5 set, say Y. To + compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module + will be called raid5. If unsure, say Y. config MD_RAID6 - tristate "RAID-6 mode (EXPERIMENTAL)" - depends on BLK_DEV_MD && EXPERIMENTAL + tristate "RAID-6 mode" + depends on BLK_DEV_MD ---help--- - WARNING: RAID-6 is currently highly experimental. If you - use it, there is no guarantee whatsoever that it won't - destroy your data, eat your disk drives, insult your mother, - or re-appoint George W. Bush. - A RAID-6 set of N drives with a capacity of C MB per drive provides the capacity of C * (N - 2) MB, and protects against a failure of any two drives. For a given sector @@ -150,7 +147,7 @@ config MD_RAID6 this code as a module, choose M here: the module will be called raid6. - If unsure, say N. + If unsure, say Y. config MD_MULTIPATH tristate "Multipath I/O support" _