Hi Martin,

On 03/10/2013 12:23 PM, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> Hi Hugo,
> 
> Am Samstag, 9. März 2013 schrieb Hugo Mills:
>>    Some time ago, and occasionally since, we've discussed altering the
>> "RAID-n" terminology to change it to an "nCmSpP" format, where n is the
>> number of copies, m is the number of (data) devices in a stripe per copy,
>> and p is the number of parity devices in a stripe.
>>
>>    The current kernel implementation uses as many devices as it can in
>> the striped modes (RAID-0, -10, -5, -6), and in this implementation,
>> that is written as "mS" (with a literal "m"). The mS and pP sections are
>> omitted if the value is 1S or 0P.
>>
>>    The magic look-up table for old-style / new-style is:
>>
>> single           1C (or omitted, in btrfs fi df output)
>> RAID-0           1CmS
>> RAID-1           2C
>> DUP                      2CD
> 
> What does the "D" in "2CD" mean? Its not explained above, unless I miss 
> something.

This means DUP (two copy on the same disk); I understand that only
reading the code.

> 
>
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