On 2011-05-04, Nico Kadel-Garcia <nka...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've been using the very helpful notes at > http://www.eclectica.ca/howto/openbsd-software-raid-howto.php, which > works, but does document needing to build a new kernel to enable > software RAID. (I included GENERIC.MP in my GENERIC.MPRAID > configuration: it's a multi-core machine.) But I had a fascinating > chat with another engineer, who I suspect has worked more with OpenBSD > than I have, who is very surprised at this requirement. He pointed out > that GENERIC is normally the "kitchen sink" kernel, with everything > possible enabled.
Not "everything possible"; rather "everything we expect to work reasonably well".