On Friday May 1, jan.ceuleers@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Jan Ceuleers wrote: > > NeilBrown wrote: > >> Yes. Remove the "spares=1" from each line. > >> The sole effect of this text is to tell --monitor to expect a spare, and > >> to complain if no spare is found. > > > > Many thanks. I hadn't picked that up from the manpage, so here is a > > patch for your consideration: > > Reasonable patch? Yes. Thanks. (And sorry for the delay :-) NeilBrown > > > diff --git a/mdadm.conf.5 b/mdadm.conf.5 > > index 40295be..b67bec4 100644 > > --- a/mdadm.conf.5 > > +++ b/mdadm.conf.5 > > @@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ this is mainly for compatibility with the output of > > .TP > > .B spares= > > The value is a number of spare devices to expect the array to have. > > +The sole use of this keyword and value is as follows: > > .B mdadm \-\-monitor > > will report an array if it is found to have fewer than this number of > > spares when > > Thanks, Jan > -- > 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 -- 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
