From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill Davidsen Subject: Re: resync duration ? Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 11:00:02 -0400 Message-ID: <4A1177F2.30402@tmr.com> References: <9a9f58b3517ecbc3a076725c671f6cd1.squirrel@neil.brown.name> <20090515050801951.MELG9927@cdptpa-omta04.mail.rr.com> <18957.58351.832772.646681@notabene.brown> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <18957.58351.832772.646681@notabene.brown> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Neil Brown Cc: lrhorer@satx.rr.com, 'Linux RAID' List-Id: linux-raid.ids Neil Brown wrote: > On Friday May 15, lrhorer@satx.rr.com wrote: > >>> echo check > /sys/block/mdX/md/sync_action. >>> >>> or "echo repair" to get it to fix anything it finds. >>> >> Thanks. Those are pretty easy, but it would be nice if they were in the MAN >> page. Better yet, have you considered adding both as command line options >> for mdadm? >> > > Considered, yes. But they are very low on my priority list. > I accept patches. > Maybe and option like > mdadm --syncaction=check /dev/md0 > > ?? > That is a great idea, it puts the md administration in the mdadm program (where it belongs) instead of counting on a script to do the right thing. Well, if you do this at all, the other actions are probably appropriate as well. -- bill davidsen CTO TMR Associates, Inc "You are disgraced professional losers. And by the way, give us our money back." - Representative Earl Pomeroy, Democrat of North Dakota on the A.I.G. executives who were paid bonuses after a federal bailout.