+2005-dec-20
+ Want an incremental assembly mode to work nicely with udev.
+ Core usage would be something like
+ mdadm --incr-assemble /dev/newdevice
+ This would
+ - examine the device to determine uuid etc.
+ - look for a match in /etc/mdadm.conf, abort if not found
+ - find that device and collect current contents
+ - perform an 'assemble' analysis to make sure we have the best set of devices.
+ - remove or add devices as appropriate
+ - possibly start the array if it was complete
+
+ Other usages could involve
+ - specify which array to auto-add to.
+ This requires an existing array for uuid matching... is there any point?
+
+ -
+
+
+2004-june-02
+ * Don't print 'errors' flag, it is meaningless. DONE
+ * Handle new superblock format
+ * create device file on demand, particularly partitionable devices. DONE
+ BUT figure a way to create the partition devices.
+ auto=partN
+ * Use Event: interface to listen for events. DONE, untested
+ * Make sure mdadm -As can assemble multi-level RAIDs ok.
+ * --build to build raid1 or multipath arrays
+ clean or not ???
+
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* mdadm --monitor to monitor failed multipath paths and re-instate them.
* Maybe make "--help" fit in 80x24 and have a --long-help with more info. DONE