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[PATCH] md: remove 'experimental' classification from raid5 reshape

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I have had enough success reports not to believe that this is safe for 2.6.19.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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NeilBrown 2006-10-03 01:16:00 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
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@ -138,16 +138,16 @@ config MD_RAID456
If unsure, say Y. If unsure, say Y.
config MD_RAID5_RESHAPE config MD_RAID5_RESHAPE
bool "Support adding drives to a raid-5 array (experimental)" bool "Support adding drives to a raid-5 array"
depends on MD_RAID456 && EXPERIMENTAL depends on MD_RAID456
default y
---help--- ---help---
A RAID-5 set can be expanded by adding extra drives. This A RAID-5 set can be expanded by adding extra drives. This
requires "restriping" the array which means (almost) every requires "restriping" the array which means (almost) every
block must be written to a different place. block must be written to a different place.
This option allows such restriping to be done while the array This option allows such restriping to be done while the array
is online. However it is still EXPERIMENTAL code. It should is online.
work, but please be sure that you have backups.
You will need mdadm version 2.4.1 or later to use this You will need mdadm version 2.4.1 or later to use this
feature safely. During the early stage of reshape there is feature safely. During the early stage of reshape there is
@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ config MD_RAID5_RESHAPE
There should be enough spares already present to make the new There should be enough spares already present to make the new
array workable. array workable.
If unsure, say Y.
config MD_MULTIPATH config MD_MULTIPATH
tristate "Multipath I/O support" tristate "Multipath I/O support"
depends on BLK_DEV_MD depends on BLK_DEV_MD