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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