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authorNeil Brown <neilb@suse.de>2005-08-09 05:23:20 +0000
committerNeil Brown <neilb@suse.de>2005-08-09 05:23:20 +0000
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Support nameing of version-1 arrays.
--name is recognised in --create and --assemble name= is recognised in config file. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
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@@ -432,6 +432,14 @@ really useful for Building RAID1 array. Only use this if you really
know what you are doing. This is currently only supported for --build.
.TP
+.BR -N ", " --name=
+Set a
+.B name
+for the array. This is currently only effective when creating an
+array with a version-1 superblock. The name is a simple textual
+string that can be used to identify array components when assembling.
+
+.TP
.BR -R ", " --run
Insist that
.I mdadm
@@ -518,6 +526,11 @@ e.g. when assembling
will look for super blocks with a minor number of 0.
.TP
+.BR -N ", " --name=
+Specify the name of the array to assemble. This must be the name
+that was specified when creating the array.
+
+.TP
.BR -f ", " --force
Assemble the array even if some superblocks appear out-of-date