Re: [patch 3/4] fastboot: make the raid autodetect code wait for all devices to init

[martin f krafft <madduck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

also sprach Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx> [2008.07.21.0106 +0200]:
> The "real" solution here involves assembling arrays in userspace using
> "mdadm --incremental" from udevd, and using write-intent-bitmaps so
> that writing to an array before all the component devices are
> available can be done without requiring a full resync.  There is still
> a bit more code needed to make that work really smoothly.

It was my understanding that write-intent bitmaps slow down all
operations and are not suggested on e.g. workstations. No?

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