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From 935795398d52a589598fa13e6cb6272619c5d134 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Jes Sorensen <jsorensen@fb.com>
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Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 11:57:41 -0400
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Subject: [RHEL7.5 PATCH 108/169] mdassemble: Kill off the last remains
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Having gotten rid of mdassemble, lets get rid of the man page too
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Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jsorensen@fb.com>
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---
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README.initramfs | 9 ++++----
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mdassemble.8 | 65 --------------------------------------------------------
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2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-)
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delete mode 100644 mdassemble.8
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diff --git a/README.initramfs b/README.initramfs
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index 8f9b8dd..c5fa668 100644
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--- a/README.initramfs
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+++ b/README.initramfs
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@@ -16,11 +16,10 @@ devices.
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These mechanisms, while useful, do not provide complete functionality
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and are unlikely to be extended. The preferred way to assemble md
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-arrays at boot time is using 'mdadm' or 'mdassemble' (which is a
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-trimmed-down mdadm). To assemble an array which contains the root
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-filesystem, mdadm needs to be run before that filesystem is mounted,
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-and so needs to be run from an initial-ram-fs. It is how this can
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-work that is the primary focus of this document.
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+arrays at boot time is using 'mdadm'. To assemble an array which
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+contains the root filesystem, mdadm needs to be run before that
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+filesystem is mounted, and so needs to be run from an initial-ram-fs.
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+It is how this can work that is the primary focus of this document.
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It should be noted up front that only the array containing the root
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filesystem should be assembled from the initramfs. Any other arrays
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diff --git a/mdassemble.8 b/mdassemble.8
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deleted file mode 100644
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index 33aa977..0000000
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--- a/mdassemble.8
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+++ /dev/null
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@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
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-.\" -*- nroff -*-
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-.TH MDASSEMBLE 8 "" v4.0
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-.SH NAME
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-mdassemble \- assemble MD devices
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-.I aka
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-Linux Software RAID
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-
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-.SH SYNOPSIS
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-
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-.BI mdassemble
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-
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-.SH DESCRIPTION
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-.B mdassemble
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-is a tiny program that can be used to assemble MD devices inside an
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-initial ramdisk (initrd) or initramfs; it is meant to replace the in-kernel
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-automatic RAID detection and activation.
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-It can be built statically and linked against lightweight libc alternatives, like
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-.B dietlibc,
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-.B klibc
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-or
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-.B uClibc.
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-
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-.SH USAGE
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-Invoking
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-.B mdassemble
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-has the same effect as invoking
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-.B mdadm \-\-assemble \-\-scan.
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-.PP
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-Invoking
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-.B mdassemble
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-a second time will make all defined arrays readwrite, this is useful if
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-using the
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-.B start_ro
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-module parameter.
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-
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-.SH OPTIONS
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-
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-There are no options to
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-.B mdassemble.
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-
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-.SH FILES
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-
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-.SS /etc/mdadm.conf
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-
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-The config file lists which devices may be scanned to see if
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-they contain MD super block, and gives identifying information
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-(e.g. UUID) about known MD arrays. See
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-.BR mdadm.conf (5)
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-for more details.
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-
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-.B mdassemble
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-supports all configuration parameters defined in
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-.B mdadm.conf
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-with the exception of
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-.B auto=
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-which is supported only if mdadm was built with the
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-.B \-DMDASSEMBLE_AUTO
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-define.
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-
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-.SH SEE ALSO
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-.PP
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-.BR mdadm (8),
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-.BR mdadm.conf (5),
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-.BR md (4),
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-.BR diet (1).
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--
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2.7.4
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