Re: [PATCH 005 of 5] md: Final stages of raid5 expand code.

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On Tuesday January 17, [email protected] wrote:
> NeilBrown wrote (ao):
> > +config MD_RAID5_RESHAPE
> 
> Would this also be possible for raid6?


Yes.  The will follow once raid5 is reasonably reliable.  It is
essentially the same change to a different file.
(One day we will merge raid5 and raid6 together into the one module,
but not today).

> > +          This option allows this restiping to be done while the array
>                                      ^^^^^^^^^
>                                      restriping
> > +	  Please to NOT use it on valuable data with good, tested, backups.
>                  ^^                             ^^^^
>                  do                             without

Thanks * 3.

> 
> Thanks a lot for this feature. I'll try to find a spare computer to test
> this on. Thanks!

That would be great!

NeilBrown
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