[Libguestfs] [PATCH] New API: mdadm-stop for stopping MD devices.

[Wanlong Gao]

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