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authorNeil Brown <neilb@suse.de>2005-08-09 05:23:20 +0000
committerNeil Brown <neilb@suse.de>2005-08-09 05:23:20 +0000
commit947fd4ddb554fd2c3d81c190dfe63407f8771eb8 (patch)
tree10b16db86578ca184faabae4232a886d2cff1ddc /mdadm.conf.5
parentdfd4d8ee426fb71a369f494f95fe95b114a33c7c (diff)
Support nameing of version-1 arrays.
--name is recognised in --create and --assemble name= is recognised in config file. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
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@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ The value should be a 128 bit uuid in hexadecimal, with punctuation
interspersed if desired. This must match the uuid stored in the
superblock.
.TP
+.B name=
+The value should be a simple textual name as was given to
+.I mdadm
+when the array was created. This must match the name stored in the
+superblock on a device for that device to be included in the array.
+Not all superblock-formats support names.
+.TP
.B super-minor=
The value is an integer which indicates the minor number that was
stored in the superblock when the array was created. When an array is