In exceptional cases user can use NO_IMSM_PLATFORM flag to use IMSM
metadata RAIDs without valid Intel platform. With this flag set
mdadm does not perform any compatibility checks.
Note: Usage of this flag may lead to data loss!
Signed-off-by: Marcin Tomczak <marcin.tomczak@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mdadm.8.in | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mdadm.8.in b/mdadm.8.in
index 535cc39..3ef20c7 100644
--- a/mdadm.8.in
+++ b/mdadm.8.in
@@ -2714,6 +2714,25 @@ to '1', the
.I mdadm
will create and devices that are needed.
+.TP
+.B IMSM_NO_PLATFORM
+ATTENTION! Usage of this flag is extremely dangerous! You should use
+this flag only when you know what you are doing and when it is
+necessary. Make a backup before any action. You use it on your own
+responsibility - unpredictable effects may appear much later.
+
+The IMSM_NO_PLATFORM flag concerns only IMSM metadata. By default, IMSM
+metadata is supported only by Intel based platforms with OROM and it's
+shared between Linux, Microsoft Windows and OROM, thus you can switch
+between these environments safely. When you use a mdadm command and the
+value of the flag is set to '1', then mdadm does not care about the
+hardware configuration and OROM restrictions. It may cause a
+compatibility problem and OROM or Windows can, for example, set the
+state of the RAID volume to failed and then you may lose all your data.
+Other possible scenario is that created RAID Volume will be
+incompatible with target platform's OROM and volume will not be
+assembled on that platform.
+
.SH EXAMPLES
.B " mdadm \-\-query /dev/name-of-device"
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