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authorNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>2011-02-01 15:06:44 +1100
committerNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>2011-02-01 15:06:44 +1100
commit87eb4fabe316461cd1ad1600d41a81cd29882961 (patch)
tree46e9ccf11e555f81024d7d378c961399f4155d9d /mdadm.conf.5
parent152b223157ce2f48407bd3aad7fb533fc6390c96 (diff)
Various man page fixes.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
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diff --git a/mdadm.conf.5 b/mdadm.conf.5
index ea56b556..65b00293 100644
--- a/mdadm.conf.5
+++ b/mdadm.conf.5
@@ -420,16 +420,16 @@ The known metadata types are
.TP
.B POLICY
-Allows to specify what automatic behavior is allowed on devices newly
-appearing in the system and provides a way of marking spares that can
-be moved to other array as well as the migration domains.
+This is used to specify what automatic behavior is allowed on devices
+newly appearing in the system and provides a way of marking spares that can
+be moved to other arrays as well as the migration domains.
.I Domain
can be defined through
.I policy
line by specifying a domain name for a number of paths from
.BR /dev/disk/by-path/ .
-A device may belong to several domains. Domain of an array is a union
-of domains of all devices in that array. A spare can be automatically
+A device may belong to several domains. The domain of an array is a union
+of domains of all devices in that array. A spare can be automatically
moved from one array to another if the set of the destination array's
.I domains
contains all the
@@ -439,11 +439,11 @@ of the new disk or if both arrays have the same
To update hot plug configuration it is necessary to execute
.B mdadm \-\-udev\-rules
-command after changing config file
+command after changing the config file
-Key words used in
+Key words used in the
.I POLICY
-line and supported values:
+line and supported values are:
.RS 7
.TP
@@ -456,6 +456,11 @@ any arbitrary string
.B path=
file glob matching anything from
.B /dev/disk/by-path
+.B type=
+either
+.B disk
+or
+.BR part .
.TP
.B action=
include, re-add, spare, spare-same-slot, or force-spare
@@ -465,7 +470,9 @@ The
.I action
item determines the automatic behavior allowed for devices matching the
.I path
-in the same line. If a device matches several lines with different
+and
+.I type
+in the same line. If a device matches several lines with different
.I actions
then the most permissive will apply. The ordering of policy lines
is irrelevant to the end result.
@@ -474,12 +481,13 @@ is irrelevant to the end result.
allows adding a disk to an array if metadata on that disk matches that array
.TP
.B re-add
-will include device in the array if it appears to be a current member
+will include the device in the array if it appears to be a current member
or a member that was recently removed
.TP
.B spare
-as above and additionally: if the device is bare it will
-become a spare (for metadata the same line)
+as above and additionally: if the device is bare it can
+become a spare if there is any array that it is a candidate for based
+on domains and metadata.
.TP
.B spare\-same\-slot
as above and additionally if given slot was used by an array that went