On 3/19/2012 4:32 PM, NeilBrown wrote: > On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:44:45 -0500 Larkin Lowrey <llowrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> The following command oopsed. >> >> mdadm -G --bitmap=internal /dev/md0 >> >> The array is a two disk raid1 and hosts the root filesystem. >> >> Is it not possible/allowed to add a bitmap to an active/mounted array? > > It is. But it is busted. > > Either use an older mdadm (3.2.2 or earlier), or apply this patch > > http://neil.brown.name/git?p=md;a=commitdiff;h=4474ca42e2577563a919fd3ed782e2ec55bf11a2 > > which has been sent to Linus already and should appear in -stable kernels in > a couple of weeks. > > NeilBrown Thank you for the explanation. --Larkin -- 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