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| author | NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> | 2006-01-06 09:20:51 +0100 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-01-06 17:34:09 +0100 |
| commit | d9d166c2a9d5d01af34396793950aa695883eed4 (patch) | |
| tree | 6cb593cc0636476ebec9a9690aa48997510f9701 /Documentation/md.txt | |
| parent | [PATCH] md: expose md metadata format in sysfs (diff) | |
| download | linux-d9d166c2a9d5d01af34396793950aa695883eed4.tar.xz linux-d9d166c2a9d5d01af34396793950aa695883eed4.zip | |
[PATCH] md: allow array level to be set textually via sysfs
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/md.txt b/Documentation/md.txt index c5512afd5917..fd43fd2cad2f 100644 --- a/Documentation/md.txt +++ b/Documentation/md.txt @@ -189,6 +189,14 @@ 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. + As component devices are added to an md array, they appear in the 'md' directory as new directories named dev-XXX |