From 246cebdb7601fc41ee0cca9a5379cdd7dc072380 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Kwolek Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:02:28 +1100 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: NeilBrown --- mdadm.8.in | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/mdadm.8.in b/mdadm.8.in index 9537304..982991d 100644 --- a/mdadm.8.in +++ b/mdadm.8.in @@ -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. .. +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. .SH BUILD MODE -- cgit v1.2.1