martin f. krafft: add auto-read-only FAQ item

Martin F. Krafft madduck at alioth.debian.org
Mon Mar 9 15:40:31 UTC 2009


Module: mdadm
Branch: master
Commit: db7c9194514f7b8b2d00a8f4333554e8e127a7a6
URL:    http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-mdadm/mdadm.git;a=commit;h=db7c9194514f7b8b2d00a8f4333554e8e127a7a6

Author: martin f. krafft <madduck at debian.org>
Date:   Mon Mar  9 16:40:24 2009 +0100

add auto-read-only FAQ item

---

 debian/FAQ |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/FAQ b/debian/FAQ
index 300584d..7738c24 100644
--- a/debian/FAQ
+++ b/debian/FAQ
@@ -546,4 +546,10 @@ The latest version of this FAQ is available here:
 
   Or make use of /usr/share/mdadm/startall .
 
+25. Why are my arrays marked auto-read-only in /proc/mdstat?
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+  Arrays are kept read-only until the first write occurs. This allows md to
+  skip lengthy resynchronisation for arrays that have not been properly shut
+  down, but which also not have changed.
+
  -- martin f. krafft <madduck at debian.org>  Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:32:51 +0200




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