No argument from me--the --grow option allows disks to be added or removed at will, so this bug is irrelevant now.
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:00:03AM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > which was filed against the mdadm package: > > #312744: mdadm has raidtools2 bug #263974 (spurious DegradedArray warnings) > > It has been closed by martin f krafft <[email protected]>. > > Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. > If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a > better one in a separate message then please contact martin f krafft > <[email protected]> by > replying to this email. > > > -- > 312744: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=312744 > Debian Bug Tracking System > Contact [email protected] with problems > X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 > (2007-08-08) on rietz.debian.org > X-Spam-Level: > X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.0000 Tokens: new, 31; hammy, 84; neutral, 48; spammy, 3. > spammytokens:0.997-+--exquisite, 0.975-+--pleasure, 0.933-+--perfect > hammytokens:0.000-+--H*c:protocol, 0.000-+--H*c:micalg, > 0.000-+--H*c:signed, > 0.000-+--H*c:pgp-signature, 0.000-+--H*rp:U*madduck > X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.7 required=4.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, > MURPHY_DRUGS_REL8 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 > Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:58:30 +0100 > From: martin f krafft <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected] > Subject: closing wontfix bugs > X-Motto: Keep the good times rollin' > X-OS: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 kernel 2.6.26-1-amd64 x86_64 > X-Spamtrap: [email protected] > X-Subliminal-Message: debian/rules! > X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.94.2/8995/Mon Feb 16 04:40:05 2009 on > clegg.madduck.net > X-Virus-Status: Clean > > These bugs have been around for a while and I will not fix them. > Thus, to clean up the BTS, I am now closing them. > > If you disagree, please reopen the bug and provide detailed > information about how to move on in the issue. Patches have a far > larger chance than mere arguments. :) > > -- > martin | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ > > "a cigarette is the perfect type of pleasure. > it is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied." > -- oscar wilde > > spamtraps: [email protected] > From: Zygo Blaxell <[email protected]> > To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]> > Subject: mdadm has raidtools2 bug #263974 (spurious DegradedArray warnings) > Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 22:13:06 -0400 > X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 > (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-8.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,HAS_PACKAGE > autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 > X-Spam-Level: > > Package: mdadm > Version: 1.9.0-4 > Severity: normal > > I'm getting reports like this: > > From: mdadm monitoring <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: DegradedArray event on /dev/md1:chako > Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 20:35:25 -0400 > > This is an automatically generated mail message from mdadm > running on chako > > A DegradedArray event had been detected on md device /dev/md1. > > Faithfully yours, etc. > > when /proc/mdstat looks like this: > > chako:~# cat /proc/mdstat > Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] [raid5] [multipath] [raid6] > [raid10] > md1 : active raid1 hda1[1] hdc1[0] > 2048192 blocks [3/2] [UU_] > > md3 : active raid1 hda3[1] hdc3[0] > 131392 blocks [3/2] [UU_] > > md0 : active raid1 hda2[0] hdc2[1] > 117880960 blocks [3/2] [UU_] > > unused devices: <none> > > The missing disks in these RAID1 arrays are by design, to allow extra > mirrors to be hot added to the array without reconfiguring. The usual > purpose for this is to clone the first two disks onto e.g. a USB external > drive--I attach the USB drive, do raidhotadd (now mdadm -a), let the > drive sync, then setfaulty/hotremove (mdadm -f/-r) the USB drive and > repeat if necessary. > > It would be nice to not have the emails in this particular case. > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 3.1 > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (102, 'testing'), (101, 'unstable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-zb5s > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) > > Versions of packages mdadm depends on: > ii debconf 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management > sy > ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > an > ii makedev 2.3.1-77 creates device files in /dev > > -- debconf information: > * mdadm/autostart: false > * mdadm/mail_to: root > * mdadm/warning: > * mdadm/start_daemon: true >
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