Re: raid warning on 2.6.7

On Monday August 2, a_bouter@ezrs.com wrote:

Hi,

I wonder if you can tell me more about this warning I get during boot:

md: raidstart(pid 475) used deprecated START_ARRAY ioctl. This will not be
supported beyond 2.6

The "START_ARRAY" ioctl is badly designed.  It makes assumptions about
the stability of device number which are simply untrue.
As a consequence, the "raidstart" program which uses START_ARRAY is
potentially dangerous, in that it seems to work most of the time so
you can get a false sense of security that your system is configured
properly.  But if a drive dies, raidstart may not be able to restart
your array.

The warning was followed by one of my mirrors disks being kicked out, but that
can be a mere coincidence.

Very likely a coincidence.

I was wondering if there's going to be a new version of raidtools anytime soon
for kernels 2.6 and later?

I am not aware of any on-going development of raidtools.  All parts of
it other than "raidstart" should continue to work however.
I recommend using mdadm instead of raidtools.  It is maintained.

NeilBrown