Deprecated MD Raid functionality

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

The following MD raid kernel modules have been marked deprecated in Red Hat Enterprise Linux:

  • CONFIG_MD_LINEAR allows multiple drives to be concatenated end-to-end so that when a single member disk becomes full, data will be written to the next disk until all disks are full.
Linear (append) mode (CONFIG_MD_LINEAR)
alias:          md-level--1
alias:          md-linear
alias:          md-personality-1
  • CONFIG_MD_FAULTY module allows for a block device that occasionally returns read or write errors. It is useful for testing.
Faulty test module for MD (CONFIG_MD_FAULTY)
alias:          md-level--5
alias:          md-faulty
alias:          md-personality-10

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.4+

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