When an array is created, if the homehost is know,
the superblock gets it, either in the uuid, (via sha1)
or in the name field.
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Use to avoid starting arrays if there are
fewer devices available than last time the array was started.
This is only needed with --scan, as with --scan, that behaviour
is the default.
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
So when you say auto=md or auto=part in mdadm.conf, it give a preference
for type of array, but standard name will override.
But --auto=md is more insistant.
FIXME I'm not at all happy about handling of names that already exist.
I don't think that should be removed if the device is active.
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
When creating a file bitmap, choose a default size that
results in fewer than 2^21 chunks. Without this kmalloc
failure in the kernel becomes likely.
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
To support resizing an array without a spare, mdadm now understands
--backup-file=
which should point to a file for storing a backup of critical data.
This can be given to --grow which will create the file, or
--assemble which will restore from the file if needed.
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
- report Intent Bitmap in --detail
- report internal bitmap in --examine
- pass' --force through to --grow --bitmap
- support v.large arrays in --grow --bitmap
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
i.e. allow '--help' to be first and still give
context sensitive help.
Also don't print truncated device-size of very large arrays.
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
clean up 'long long' usage for size of array, so that
with v-1 superblocks a raid1 larger than 2TB is possible.
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
From: ross@jose.lug.udel.edu (Ross Vandegrift)
Hi Neil,
While adding the text message mode, I saw a FIXME asking for syslog
support in monitor mode.
This patch adds exactly that.
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
If a bad file names was given, exit status still 0.
If some devices couldn't be stopped for "mdadm -Ss"
exit status still 0.
Thanks: Daniel Hottinger <hotti@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Support "--build"ing arrays with bitmaps.
hot-removal of bitmaps
--re-add of drives recently removed.
assorted extra tests
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
Currently this includes
--write-behind to set level of write-behind supported
--write-mostly to flag devices as write-mostly.
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
As the device list isn't stable, recording it should be avoided.
The device= list is still available if --verbose is given (once).
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
This allows the check to be done after we know what
metadata format is being used, and so the max number of raiddisks
is known.
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
This includes:
adding --metadata= option to choose metadata format
adding metadata= word to config file.
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
This allows for larger device number if glibc supports
it (requires 2.3.3).
Also fail before creating larger device number if glibc
support isn't present.
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
Neil Brown