On Thursday November 17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > Now i trying the patch.... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# mdadm -G --bitmap=/raid.bm /dev/md0 > mdadm: Warning - bitmaps created on this kernel are not portable > between different architectured. Consider upgrading the Linux kernel. > mdadm: Cannot set bitmap file for /dev/md0: Cannot allocate memory
How big is your array? The default bitmap-chunk-size when the bitmap is in a file is 4K, this makes a very large bitmap on a large array. Try a larger bitmap-chunk size e.g. mdadm -G --bitmap-chunk=256 --bitmap=/raid.bm /dev/md0 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# free > total used free shared buffers cached > Mem: 2073152 75036 1998116 0 4 29304 > -/+ buffers/cache: 45728 2027424 > Swap: 0 0 0 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# mdadm -X /dev/md0 This usage is only appropriate for arrays with internal bitmaps (I should get mdadm to check that..). > > And now what? :-) Either create an 'internal' bitmap, or choose a --bitmap-chunk size that is larger. Thanks for the report. NeilBrown - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
