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authorNeil Brown <neilb@suse.de>2005-06-07 23:03:47 +0000
committerNeil Brown <neilb@suse.de>2005-06-07 23:03:47 +0000
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2.0-devel-1 release
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
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.\" -*- nroff -*-
-.TH MDADM 8 "" v1.11.1
+.TH MDADM 8 "" v2.0-devel-1
.SH NAME
mdadm \- manage MD devices
.I aka
@@ -166,6 +166,10 @@ mode.
Change the size or shape of an active array.
.TP
+.BR -X ", " --examine-bitmap
+Report information about a bitmap file.
+
+.TP
.BR -h ", " --help
Display help message or, after above option, mode specific help
message.
@@ -191,6 +195,18 @@ and
.BR --examine .
.TP
+.BR -b ", " --bitmap=
+Give the name of a bitmap file to use with this array. Can be used
+with --create (file should not exist) or --assemble (file should
+exist).
+
+.TP
+.BR --bitmap-chunk=
+Set the Chunksize of the bitmap. Each bit corresponds to that many
+Kilobytes of storage. Default is 4.
+
+
+.TP
.BR -f ", " --force
Be more forceful about certain operations. See the various modes of
the exact meaning of this option in different contexts.
@@ -320,6 +336,16 @@ must be specified before the fault mode is specified.
same as --parity
.TP
+.BR -b ", " --bitmap=
+Specify a file to store a write-intent bitmap in. The file should not
+exist unless --force is also given. The same file should be provided
+when assembling the array.
+
+.TP
+.BR --bitmap-chunk=
+Specifty the chunksize for the bitmap.
+
+.TP
.BR -n ", " --raid-devices=
Specify the number of active devices in the array. This, plus the
number of spare devices (see below) must equal the number of
@@ -468,6 +494,10 @@ an attempt will be made to start it anyway.
See this option under Create and Build options.
.TP
+.BR -b ", " --bitmap=
+Specify the bitmap file that was given when the array was created.
+
+.TP
.BR -U ", " --update=
Update the superblock on each device while assembling the array. The
argument given to this flag can be one of