From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Igor M Podlesny Subject: Re: "mdadm: Raid level 5 not permitted with --build" -- why is that? Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:33:23 +0800 Message-ID: References: <20120625165242.117881e1@notabene.brown> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20120625165242.117881e1@notabene.brown> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: NeilBrown Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 25 June 2012 14:52, NeilBrown wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:07:33 +0800 Igor M Podlesny > wrote: > >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0subj. Hi :) > > Please try to construct coherent email message. =C2=A0If you want peo= ple to read > what you write, make it easy for them. And what is so uneasy in such a little quoting sentence?, I shall as= k. Those, who know where does the quote come from, are the target group, those, who doesn't =E2=80=94 aren't. What's the problem? > Because! > > With nowhere to record device failure, you don't have any safety. Well, suppose you don't need one =E2=80=94 due to short-term period = of such an array existence which in its turn was predicated by real array failure, say, damaging superblocks (if it reminds you something). mdadm -C would create one, but you may not know which '-e' to specify. That's the reasoning beneath to have -B which wouldn't overwrite any data on disks at all so ideally fitting as a probe tool. > Feel free to send a patch. =E2=80=94 "Feel free" to spend time digging into an area which isn't= what you get paid for? At least what exactly should be patched this time, will you kindly tell us? > > NeilBrown -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html