Re: [drake@jobpilot.it: "used obsolete MD ioctl"]

[Simon Matter <simon.matter@ch.sauter-bc.com>]

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??????

> Hi,
>         i've just compiled kernel 2.4.5 with xfs patches and i try to run RAID1 on
> 2 scsi disks (adaptec controller) ... The RAID driver is "compiled" into the
> kernel (not as a module) with xfs ...
> Well mounting disks without xfs everything works fine ...
> if i try to setup the md device the system says while booting
> 
> (swapper 1)Used obsolete MD ioctl.
> Update your software ...

I don't know exactly what it means but you get this error when using
softraid for swap. I do it since ever and it has never made me problems.

> 
> it doesn't seem to be a kernel problem because the adaptec controller and
> the md devices are recognized ok (filesystem types in the partition table
> are set to fd) ... the system stops while trying to mount disks (i guess)
> and i don't know where to check ...
> 
> Can someone please help me ????
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance and Ciao
> 
>                         Drake
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