martin f. krafft: update info about partitionable arrays
Martin F. Krafft
madduck at alioth.debian.org
Wed May 13 08:06:24 UTC 2009
Module: mdadm
Branch: debian/experimental
Commit: e6f22428f76e8b44980d157dbf34336369cba113
URL: http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-mdadm/mdadm.git;a=commit;h=e6f22428f76e8b44980d157dbf34336369cba113
Author: martin f. krafft <madduck at debian.org>
Date: Wed May 13 10:00:34 2009 +0200
update info about partitionable arrays
Signed-off-by: martin f. krafft <madduck at debian.org>
---
debian/FAQ | 15 +++++++++------
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/debian/FAQ b/debian/FAQ
index 9705236..c7fe3b1 100644
--- a/debian/FAQ
+++ b/debian/FAQ
@@ -333,16 +333,19 @@ The latest version of this FAQ is available here:
13. Can a MD array be partitioned?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- For a MD array to be able to hold partitions, it must be created as
- a "partitionable array", using the configuration auto=part on the command
- line or in the configuration file, or by using the standard naming scheme
- (md_d* or md/d*) for partitionable arrays:
+ Since kernel 2.6.28, MD arrays can be partitioned like any other block
+ device.
+
+ Prior to 2.6.28, for a MD array to be able to hold partitions, it must be
+ created as a "partitionable array", using the configuration auto=part on the
+ command line or in the configuration file, or by using the standard naming
+ scheme (md_d* or md/d*) for partitionable arrays:
mdadm --create --auto=yes ... /dev/md_d0 ...
# see mdadm(8) manpage about the values of the --auto keyword
-14. When would I use partitionable arrays?
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+14. When would I partition an array?
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This answer by Doug Ledford is shamelessly adapted from [0] (with
permission):
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