Jason Rainforest wrote:
> I tried doing a check, found a mismatch_cnt of 8 (7*250Gb SW RAID5,
> multiple controllers on Linux 2.6.19.2, SMP x86-64 on Athlon64 X2 4200
> +).
> 
> I then ordered a resync. The mismatch_cnt returned to 0 at the start of

As pointed out later it was repair, not resync.

> the resync, but around the same time that it went up to 8 with the
> check, it went up to 8 in the resync. After the resync, it still is 8. I
> haven't ordered a check since the resync completed.

As far as I understand, repair will do the same as check does, but ALSO
will try to fix the problems found.  So the number in mismatch_cnt after
a repair will indicate the amount of mismatches found _and fixed_

/mjt
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