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From: James Braid <jamesb@loreland.org>
Subject: Re: grow fails with 2.6.34 git
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:27:51 +0100
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Michael Evans wrote:
> Yes, that /extremely/ slow growth progress is normal for this
> conversion.  Every critical section must be backed up synced, and only
> then will it proceed.  You may notice an incorrect number of disks
> relative to the expected number.  That will go away the next time the
> array is assembled.

Thanks. I'm not concerned about the speed; the fact that I had to stop 
and restart the array before the reshape would begin is what concerns 
me, as well as the odd sysfs errors.