linux/drivers
NeilBrown 2604b703b6 [PATCH] md: remove personality numbering from md
md supports multiple different RAID level, each being implemented by a
'personality' (which is often in a separate module).

These personalities have fairly artificial 'numbers'.  The numbers
are use to:
 1- provide an index into an array where the various personalities
    are recorded
 2- identify the module (via an alias) which implements are particular
    personality.

Neither of these uses really justify the existence of personality numbers.
The array can be replaced by a linked list which is searched (array lookup
only happens very rarely).  Module identification can be done using an alias
based on level rather than 'personality' number.

The current 'raid5' modules support two level (4 and 5) but only one
personality.  This slight awkwardness (which was handled in the mapping from
level to personality) can be better handled by allowing raid5 to register 2
personalities.

With this change in place, the core md module does not need to have an
exhaustive list of all possible personalities, so other personalities can be
added independently.

This patch also moves the check for chunksize being non-zero into the ->run
routines for the personalities that need it, rather than having it in core-md.
 This has a side effect of allowing 'faulty' and 'linear' not to have a
chunk-size set.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06 08:34:06 -08:00
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acorn
acpi [PATCH] driver core: replace "hotplug" by "uevent" 2006-01-04 16:18:08 -08:00
atm [PATCH] drivers/atm/adummy.c NULL noise removal 2005-12-15 10:04:31 -08:00
base [PATCH] memhotplug: register_memory should be global 2006-01-06 08:33:22 -08:00
block [PATCH] parport: Kconfig dependency fixes 2006-01-06 08:33:57 -08:00
bluetooth [PATCH] pcmcia: add some IDs for ide-cs and dtl1_cs 2006-01-06 00:31:07 +01:00
cdrom
char [PATCH] fix remaining list_for_each_safe_rcu in -mm (take 2) 2006-01-06 08:33:58 -08:00
connector [PATCH] Add timestamp field to process events 2005-12-12 08:57:42 -08:00
cpufreq [CPUFREQ] CPU frequency display in /proc/cpuinfo 2005-12-06 19:35:11 -08:00
crypto
dio
eisa
fc4 [SPARC]: introduce a SPARC Kconfig symbol 2005-12-22 23:09:54 -08:00
firmware [PATCH] dell_rbu: NULL noise removal 2005-12-15 10:04:30 -08:00
hwmon [PATCH] hwmon: w83792d fix unused fan pins 2005-11-29 21:39:22 -08:00
i2c [PATCH] i2c: Fix i2c-mv64xxx compilation error 2005-12-16 11:25:25 -08:00
ide [PATCH] pcmcia: add some IDs for ide-cs and dtl1_cs 2006-01-06 00:31:07 +01:00
ieee1394 [PATCH] don't freeze firewire on suspend. 2006-01-06 08:33:43 -08:00
infiniband Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6 2006-01-04 18:44:12 -08:00
input [PATCH] s390: cleanup Kconfig 2006-01-06 08:33:53 -08:00
isdn [PATCH] pcmcia: unify attach, EVENT_CARD_INSERTION handlers into one probe callback 2006-01-06 00:03:24 +01:00
macintosh [PATCH] therm_adt746x: Quiet fan speed change messages 2006-01-06 08:33:32 -08:00
mca
md [PATCH] md: remove personality numbering from md 2006-01-06 08:34:06 -08:00
media [PATCH] parport: phase fixes 2006-01-06 08:33:56 -08:00
message [PATCH] I2O: Lindent run 2006-01-06 08:33:54 -08:00
mfd [PATCH] input: fix ucb1x00-ts breakage after conversion to dynamic input_dev allocation 2005-12-12 08:57:45 -08:00
misc
mmc [PATCH] driver core: replace "hotplug" by "uevent" 2006-01-04 16:18:08 -08:00
mtd [PATCH] pcmcia: unify attach, EVENT_CARD_INSERTION handlers into one probe callback 2006-01-06 00:03:24 +01:00
net [PATCH] parport: include fixes 2006-01-06 08:33:58 -08:00
nubus
oprofile
parisc
parport [PATCH] simplify PARPORT_PC_PCMCIA dependencies 2006-01-06 08:33:58 -08:00
pci Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6 2006-01-04 18:44:12 -08:00
pcmcia [PATCH] pcmcia: cleanup cs.c, reduce size 2006-01-06 00:28:15 +01:00
pnp [PATCH] x86: Fixed pnp bios limits 2006-01-06 08:33:35 -08:00
rapidio
s390 [PATCH] s390: cleanup Kconfig 2006-01-06 08:33:53 -08:00
sbus [PATCH] sbus/char/uctrl: missing prototypes and NULL noise removal 2005-12-15 10:01:28 -08:00
scsi [PATCH] parport: Kconfig dependency fixes 2006-01-06 08:33:57 -08:00
serial [PATCH] ppc32/serial: Change mpc52xx_uart.c to use the Low Density Serial port major 2006-01-06 08:33:30 -08:00
sh
sn
tc
telephony [PATCH] pcmcia: unify attach, EVENT_CARD_INSERTION handlers into one probe callback 2006-01-06 00:03:24 +01:00
usb [PATCH] pcmcia: unify attach, EVENT_CARD_INSERTION handlers into one probe callback 2006-01-06 00:03:24 +01:00
video [ATYFB]: Fix onboard video on SPARC Blade 100 for 2.6.{13,14,15} 2006-01-05 13:12:41 -08:00
w1 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6 2006-01-04 18:44:12 -08:00
zorro
Kconfig
Makefile Link USB drivers later in the kernel 2005-12-03 20:50:51 -08:00