From: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
To: Ian Pilcher <arequipeno@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Can a running MD array name change?
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:38:44 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131025183844.2e5c8fec@notabene.brown> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <l4d4vb$vgk$1@ger.gmane.org>
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On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 02:01:07 -0500 Ian Pilcher <arequipeno@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm still trying to figure out if there is any way that the kernel name
> of an MD RAID array (as shown in /proc/mdstat) can change while the
> array is running.
No. The name that appears in /proc/mdstat can not change while an array is
active. Nor will this ever be possible (at least as long as I have any say
in the matter).
Hope that helps.
NeilBrown
>
> See http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.raid/44417 for a fairly
> thorough explanation of why this is important to me.
>
> Any insight greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
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2013-10-25 7:01 Can a running MD array name change? Ian Pilcher
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