Re: [Libguestfs] [PATCH] New API: mdadm-stop for stopping MD devices.
Hi Matt:
On 23/11/11 14:43, Wanlong Gao wrote:
> This API is used to stop a md device.
> When we want to move a device to another md array, we should
> stop the md device which contained this device first.
I'm not convinced we should extend the md api in libguestfs to active
manipulation. I wasn't convinced that mdadm-create was worthwhile
either, but it made a test case ever so slightly tidier. To me, MD
devices are the domain of physical machines. We need to be able to
*read* them (for P2V apart from anything else), but I think
manipulation is opening an unnecessary can of worms.
Matt
Yeah, you are right.
But soft raid is also manipulated by real machine, so this need
discussing furthermore.
Thanks a lot
-Wanlong Gao