On Tuesday November 15, babydr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello Neil , > > On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, NeilBrown wrote: > > + > > +--------------------------- > > + > > +What: START_ARRAY ioctl for md > > +When: July 2006 > > +Files: drivers/md/md.c > > +Why: Not reliable by design - can fail when most needed. > > + Alternatives exist > > +Who: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> > > Would some please update Documentation/md.txt with the alternates > that exist to replace START_ARRAY ? Or for that matter any kernel > related document that covers the md driver &/or its tools . > Tia , JimL > Are you just asking "What are the 'Alternatives' that are claimed to exist?"? If so, then it is 'mdadm -A'. I guess I could make that more explicit. Or are you asking something else? NeilBrown - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html