From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jdnjx-0004vH-JD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:33:33 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3C840E0809; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:33:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from s15216962.onlinehome-server.info (s15216962.onlinehome-server.info [217.160.22.205]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3C18E080A for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:33:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by s15216962.onlinehome-server.info (8.13.3/8.13.3) with UUCP id m2OEXV1d025758 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:33:31 +0100 Received: (from weigelt@localhost) by nibiru.metux.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) id m2OEWk6q004393 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:32:46 +0100 Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:32:45 +0100 From: Enrico Weigelt To: gentoo-user Subject: [gentoo-user] defect management block device Message-ID: <20080324143245.GC10053@nibiru.local> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Terror: bin laden, kill bush, Briefbombe, Massenvernichtung, KZ, X-Nazi: Weisse Rasse, Hitlers Wiederauferstehung, 42, X-Antichrist: weg mit schaeuble, ausrotten, heiliger krieg, al quaida, X-Killer: 23, endloesung, Weltuntergang, X-Doof: wer das liest ist doof X-Archives-Salt: 94ebd3ba-48e7-4d4f-af56-e5df93876ad2 X-Archives-Hash: d6b8af3b0b654c188058754f84759511 Hi folks, does anyone know an (virtual) block device which can do automatic defect management (if the underlying disks have badblocks) ? My idea goes like this: * one or more devices are assigned to one block device * a bunch of spare blocks are reserved for defect management (so the device looks smaller than the sum of assigned disks) * if an badblock is detected, it's automatically remapped to an spare block In fact, just what drive-internal defect manangement does, but at OS / driver level. cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list