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authorNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>2010-07-28 17:12:35 +1000
committerNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>2010-07-28 17:41:36 +1000
commit9fdcb4719238195c0f29aa60fdd76f5b77fe074b (patch)
tree78eab726224ad709f8ed6798cab5c682084bc28b /mdmon.8
parent7f5de63d511c24629231ed5712525d460688e0f8 (diff)
Update man page info about files used by mdmon
A recent patch changed the location of files used by mdmon, so update man page to match. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'mdmon.8')
-rw-r--r--mdmon.830
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/mdmon.8 b/mdmon.8
index 0c24732f..e9a8ba92 100644
--- a/mdmon.8
+++ b/mdmon.8
@@ -200,23 +200,20 @@ as required. This means that
.I mdmon
must be installed on the
.B initramfs
-and there must be a writable filesystem (typically tmpfs) which
+and there must be a writable filesystem (typically tmpfs) in which
.B mdmon
can create a
.B .pid
and
.B .sock
-file on. The particular filesystem to use is given to mdmon at compile
+file. The particular filesystem to use is given to mdmon at compile
time and defaults to
.BR /dev/.mdadm .
-This filesystem must persist through to the end of the boot sequence.
+This filesystem must persist through to shutdown time.
After the final root filesystem has be instantiated (usually with
.BR pivot_root )
-and after
-.B /var
-is mounted writable,
.I mdmon
should be run with
.I "\-\-all \-\-takeover"
@@ -224,20 +221,17 @@ so that the
.I mdmon
running from the
.B initramfs
-can be replaced with one running in the main root.
+can be replaced with one running in the main root, and so the
+memory used by the initramfs can be released.
At shutdown time,
.I mdmon
should not be killed along with other processes. Also as it holds a
file (socket actually) open in
-.B /var
-it will not be possible to unmount
-.B /var
-if it is a separate filesystem. Rather the
-.B /var
-filesystem, like the root filesystem, should be remounted read-only.
-
-
+.B /dev
+(by default) it will not be possible to unmount
+.B /dev
+if it is a separate filesystem.
.SH EXAMPLES
@@ -246,9 +240,9 @@ filesystem, like the root filesystem, should be remounted read-only.
Any
.I mdmon
which is currently running is killed and a new instance is started.
-This should be run late in the boot sequence and particularly after
-.B /var
-is mounted and writable.
+This should be run during in the boot sequence if an initramfs was
+used, so that any mdmon running from the initramfs will not hold
+the initramfs active.
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR mdadm (8),
.IR md (4).