However, RAID0 does not malloc at all, so I can assume that its not
affected. Can I suggest Pavel's documentation patch then be changed to
specify that its only RAID 1 and 5 that cannot be used for swapping?
mid
Suggested...
@@ -1113,6 +1119,8 @@
Software-RAID mini-HOWTO, available via FTP (user: anonymous) from
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini. There you will also
learn where to get the supporting user space utilities raidtools.
+
+ It is very bad idea to swap onto a RAID 1 or 5 device. Swapping over
+ RAID 0 does work, however it may be easier to just add seperate swap
+ partitions with equal priorities and let the kernel handle the
+ balancing.
If unsure, say N.
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