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2 - check superblock checksum in examine DONE
3 - report "chunk" or "rounding" depending on raid level DONE
4 - report "linear" instead of "-1" for raid level DONE
5 - decode ayout depending on raid level DONE
6 - --verbose and --force flags.
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8 - set md_minor, *_disks for Create - DONE
9 - for create raid5, how to choose between
10 all working, but not insync
11 one missing, one spare, insync
12 - and for raid1 - some failed drives...
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14 - when RUN_ARRAY, make sure *_disks counts are right
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16 - get --detail to extract extra stuff from superblock,
17 like uuid DONE
18 - --detail --brief to give a config file line
19 - parse config file. DONE
20 - test...
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22 - when --assemble --scan, if an underlying device is an md device,
23 then try to assemble that device first.
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26 - mdctl -S /dev/md0 /dev/md1 gives internal error
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28 - mdctl --detail --scan print summary of what it can find?
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32 Assemble doesn't add spares. - DONE
33 Create to allow "missing" name for devices.
34 Create to accept "--force" for do exactly what is requested
35 - get Assemble to upgrade devices if force flag.
36 ARRAY lines in config file to have super_minor=n
37 ARRAY lines in config file to have device=pattern, and only accept
38 those devices
39 If UUID given, insist on that
40 If not, but super_minor given, require all found with that minor
41 to have same uuid
42 If only device given, all valid supers on those devices must have
43 same uuid
44 allow /dev/mdX as first argument before any options
45 Possible --dry-run option for create and assemble--force
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47 Assemble to check that all devices mentioned in superblock
48 are present.
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50 New mode: --Monitor (or --Follow)
51 Periodically check status of all arrays (listed in config file).
52 Log every event and apparent cause - or differences
53 Email and alert - or run a program - for important events
54 Move spares around if necessary.
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56 An Array line can have a spare-group= field that indicates that
57 the array shares spares with other arrays with the same
58 spare-group name.
59 If an array has a failed and no spares, then check all other
60 arrays in the spare group. If one has no failures and a spare,
61 then consider that spare.
62 Choose the smallest considered spare that is large enough.
63 If there is one, then hot-remove it from it's home, and
64 hot-add it to the array in question.
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66 --mail-to address
67 --alert-handler program
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69 Will also extract information from /proc/mdstat if present,
70 and consider 20% marks in rebuild as events.
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72 Events are:
73 drive fails - causes mail to be sent
74 rebuild started
75 spare activated
76 spare removed
77 spare added