From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/8] Manual update for --continue option
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 10:09:48 +1100
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On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:05:39 +0200 Adam Kwolek <adam.kwolek@intel.com> wrot=
e:

> Patch adds to mdadm man the following information:
>=20
>  --continue
>    This option is complementary pair to assembly --freeze-reshape option.
>    It is needed when --grow operation is interrupted and it is not restar=
ted
>    automatically due to --freeze-reshape usage during array assembly.
>    Option --continue has to be used together with -G , ( --grow ) command
>    and device that it should be executed on.  All parameters required for
>    reshape continuation will be read from array metadata.  If initial
>    --grow command had required --backup-file=3D option to be set,
>    continuation option will require to  have  exactly the same backup
>    file pointed to also.
>=20
>    Any other parameter passed together with --continue option will be ign=
ored.
>=20
> Signed-off-by: Adam Kwolek <adam.kwolek@intel.com>
> ---
>=20
>  mdadm.8.in |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>=20
> diff --git a/mdadm.8.in b/mdadm.8.in
> index 3e2f99e..6b0af55 100644
> --- a/mdadm.8.in
> +++ b/mdadm.8.in
> @@ -734,6 +734,33 @@ The file must be stored on a separate device, not on=
 the RAID array
>  being reshaped.
> =20
>  .TP
> +.BR \-\-continue
> +This option is complementary pair to assembly
> +.B \-\-freeze-reshape
> +option. It is needed when
> +.B \-\-grow
> +operation is interrupted and it is not restarted automatically due to
> +.B \-\-freeze-reshape
> +usage during array assembly. Option
> +.BR \-\-continue
> +has to be used together with
> +.BR \-G
> +, (
> +.BR \-\-grow
> +) command and device that it should be executed on.
> +All parameters required for reshape continuation will be read from array=
 metadata.
> +If initial
> +.BR \-\-grow
> +command had required
> +.BR \-\-backup\-file=3D
> +option to be set, continuation option will require to have exactly the s=
ame
> +backup file pointed to also.
> +.IP
> +Any other parameter passed together with
> +.BR \-\-continue
> +option will be ignored.
> +
> +.TP
>  .BR \-N ", " \-\-name=3D
>  Set a
>  .B name


Thanks.
Both man-page updates added (with some minor fixes).

NeilBrown


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