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From: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Subject: Re: Can a running MD array name change?
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:38:44 +1100
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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

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> See http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.raid/44417 for a fairly
> thorough explanation of why this is important to me.
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> Any insight greatly appreciated.
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> Thanks!
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