From 9bfdd32686eec9aa7ff0f3dcf2ce7996f7556df9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: NeilBrown Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 01:15:58 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] --- yaml --- r: 38125 b: refs/heads/master c: d33a56d3639eba077489c937943a32ef6237b1b8 h: refs/heads/master i: 38123: 140d60d1682d1432667bf038207c510cc1343395 v: v3 --- [refs] | 2 +- trunk/Documentation/md.txt | 17 +++++------------ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs] index 05032346df5f..93a469a2b9f9 100644 --- a/[refs] +++ b/[refs] @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ --- -refs/heads/master: 61df9d91e986f1314af482e7ea5f2312a6cd0d14 +refs/heads/master: d33a56d3639eba077489c937943a32ef6237b1b8 diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/md.txt b/trunk/Documentation/md.txt index 084ecf4eb2f8..9ae9e4078985 100644 --- a/trunk/Documentation/md.txt +++ b/trunk/Documentation/md.txt @@ -154,11 +154,12 @@ contains further md-specific information about the device. All md devices contain: level - a text file indicating the 'raid level'. This may be a standard - numerical level prefixed by "RAID-" - e.g. "RAID-5", or some - other name such as "linear" or "multipath". + a text file indicating the 'raid level'. e.g. raid0, raid1, + raid5, linear, multipath, faulty. If no raid level has been set yet (array is still being - assembled), this file will be empty. + assembled), the value will reflect whatever has been written + to it, which may be a name like the above, or may be a number + such as '0', '5', etc. raid_disks a text file with a simple number indicating the number of devices @@ -192,14 +193,6 @@ All md devices contain: 1.2 (newer format in varying locations) or "none" indicating that the kernel isn't managing metadata at all. - level - The raid 'level' for this array. The name will often (but not - always) be the same as the name of the module that implements the - level. To be auto-loaded the module must have an alias - md-$LEVEL e.g. md-raid5 - This can be written only while the array is being assembled, not - after it is started. - layout The "layout" for the array for the particular level. This is simply a number that is interpretted differently by different