man mdadm: Add note about auto-assembly during array reshape

Add note to man that auto-assembly cannot be used for reshaped arrays.

Revisions: NeilBrown

Signed-off-by: Adam Kwolek <adam.kwolek@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
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Adam Kwolek 2011-03-23 12:02:28 +11:00 committed by NeilBrown
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@ -1665,6 +1665,13 @@ The reason for requiring arrays to be tagged with the homehost for
auto assembly is to guard against problems that can arise when moving
devices from one host to another.
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Note: Auto assembly cannot be used for assembling and activating some
arrays which are undergoing reshape. In particular as the
.B backup\-file
cannot be given, any reshape which requires a backup-file to continue
cannot be started by auto assembly. An array which is growing to more
devices and has passed the critical section can be assembled using
auto-assembly.
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