From fc32d2b1b62eb9b75c246efd9c8e514b39f7bd3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marian Csontos Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 17:36:04 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] build: make generate (cherry picked from commit 12dfd0ed02e003e21072798d17dcec4a80fc466d) --- man/lvconvert.8_pregen | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/lvconvert.8_pregen b/man/lvconvert.8_pregen index 91691a3..a47127b 100644 --- a/man/lvconvert.8_pregen +++ b/man/lvconvert.8_pregen @@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ Split images from a raid1 or mirror LV and use them to create a new LV. .RE - -Split images from a raid1 LV and track changes to origin. +Split images from a raid1 LV and track changes to origin for later merge. .br .P \fBlvconvert\fP \fB--splitmirrors\fP \fINumber\fP \fB--trackchanges\fP \fILV\fP\fI_cache_raid1\fP @@ -1281,6 +1281,8 @@ Before the separation, the cache is flushed. Also see --uncache. Splits the specified number of images from a raid1 or mirror LV and uses them to create a new LV. If --trackchanges is also specified, changes to the raid1 LV are tracked while the split LV remains detached. +If --name is specified, then the images are permanently split from the +original LV and changes are not tracked. .ad b .HP .ad l @@ -1354,10 +1356,12 @@ The name of a thin pool LV. .br Can be used with --splitmirrors on a raid1 LV. This causes changes to the original raid1 LV to be tracked while the split images -remain detached. This allows the read-only detached image(s) to be -merged efficiently back into the raid1 LV later. Only the regions with -changed data are resynchronized during merge. (This option only applies -when using the raid1 LV type.) +remain detached. This is a temporary state that allows the read-only +detached image to be merged efficiently back into the raid1 LV later. +Only the regions with changed data are resynchronized during merge. +While a raid1 LV is tracking changes, operations on it are limited to +merging the split image (see --mergemirrors) or permanently splitting +the image (see --splitmirrors with --name. .ad b .HP .ad l -- 1.8.3.1