>Number:         30674
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       RAIDframe should be able to create volumes without parity rewrite
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jul 06 09:52:00 +0000 2005
>Originator:     Matthias Scheler
>Release:        NetBSD 3.99.7
>Organization:
Matthias Scheler                                  http://scheler.de/~matthias/
>Environment:
System: NetBSD lyssa.zhadum.de 3.99.7 NetBSD 3.99.7 (LYSSA) #0: Mon Jul 4 10:16:28 BST 2005 tron@lyssa.zhadum.de:/src/sys/compile/LYSSA i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
Setting up a RAIDframe volume requires an initial parity rewrite which
can take a long time. This is completely pointless because the volume
doesn't contain any data yet. The Solaris Volume Manager e.g. allows
you to create a mirror with all disks attached without a resync which
is perfectly fine if the next thing you do is using "newfs" on it.

 Solaris Volume Manager

>How-To-Repeat:
Create a RAID 1 volume with RAIDframe which requires using
"raidctl -i raidXZY" to rewrite parity.

>Fix:
None provided.