Update man for MDADM_EXPERIMENTAL flag. Signed-off-by: Adam Kwolek <adam.kwolek@xxxxxxxxx> --- mdadm.8.in | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/mdadm.8.in b/mdadm.8.in index 4b70e20..96945ae 100644 --- a/mdadm.8.in +++ b/mdadm.8.in @@ -2229,6 +2229,18 @@ in a container can be converted between levels where those levels are supported by the container, and the conversion is on of those listed above. +Grow functionality (e.g. expand number of raid devices) for Intel's +IMSM container format has experimental status. It is guarded by +.B MDADM_EXPERIMENTAL +environment variable. This is due to the following reasons: + +1. Native Intel's IMSM check-pointing is not fully implemented yet. +This causes IMSM incompatibility during grow process: grew array cannot +be roamed between Windows(R) and Linux systems. + +2. Interrupting grow operation is not recommended, because +for Intel's IMSM container format it is not fully tested yet. + .SS SIZE CHANGES Normally when an array is built the "size" is taken from the smallest of the drives. If all the small drives in an arrays are, one at a -- 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
