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author | NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> | 2011-02-01 15:06:44 +1100 |
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committer | NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> | 2011-02-01 15:06:44 +1100 |
commit | 87eb4fabe316461cd1ad1600d41a81cd29882961 (patch) | |
tree | 46e9ccf11e555f81024d7d378c961399f4155d9d /mdadm.conf.5 | |
parent | 152b223157ce2f48407bd3aad7fb533fc6390c96 (diff) |
Various man page fixes.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'mdadm.conf.5')
-rw-r--r-- | mdadm.conf.5 | 32 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 12 deletions
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 |