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author | NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> | 2008-11-05 17:03:51 +1100 |
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committer | NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> | 2008-11-05 17:03:51 +1100 |
commit | 8fd8d9c41d8757822f41c139b88d85d3df4ebbc6 (patch) | |
tree | 8a0d0a6c99a412bb9c09e98bc83c7dfca6bb75bc /mdadm.conf.5 | |
parent | d49410d3ab87cf62f1f34eb6ccca5eaefb2f5428 (diff) |
Man pages: updates for container etc.
Multiple updates to try to get up to date with current code.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'mdadm.conf.5')
-rw-r--r-- | mdadm.conf.5 | 35 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mdadm.conf.5 b/mdadm.conf.5 index 40295bee..a02fe141 100644 --- a/mdadm.conf.5 +++ b/mdadm.conf.5 @@ -53,9 +53,20 @@ Also, there may be several device lines present in the file. Alternatively, a .B device -line can contain the word +line can contain either of both of the words +.B containers +and .BR partitions . -This will cause +The word +.B containers +will cause +.I mdadm +to look for assembled CONTAINER arrays and included them as a source +for assembling further arrays. +.PP +The word +.I partitions +will cause .I mdadm to read .I /proc/partitions @@ -67,7 +78,7 @@ but only the major and minor device numbers. It scans .I /dev to find the name that matches the numbers. -If no DEVICE line is present, then "DEVICE partitions" is assumed. +If no DEVICE line is present, then "DEVICE partitions containers" is assumed. For example: .IP @@ -82,9 +93,13 @@ DEVICE partitions .TP .B ARRAY The ARRAY lines identify actual arrays. The second word on the line -should be the name of the device where the array is normally +may be the name of the device where the array is normally assembled, such as .BR /dev/md1 . +If no device name is given, +.I mdadm +will use various heuristic to determine an appropriate name. +.PP Subsequent words identify the array, or identify the array as a member of a group. If multiple identities are given, then a component device must match ALL identities to be considered a @@ -189,6 +204,18 @@ Specify the metadata format that the array has. This is mainly recognised for comparability with the output of .BR "mdadm \-Es" . +.TP +.B container= +Specify that this array is a member array of some container. The +value given can be either a path name in /dev, or a UUID of the +container array. + +.IP +.B member= +Specify that this array is a member array of some container. Each +type of container has some way to enumerate member arrays, often a +simple sequence number. The value identifies which member of a +container the array is. It will usually accompany a 'container=' word. .RE .TP |