From 4cce4069597491f5714fd81605f212ad2da62e06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Williams Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 16:59:18 -0700 Subject: introduce --detail-platform to display platform raid capabilities Metadata formats like imsm work in concert with platform firmware and hardware, so provide a way for mdadm to display this info to the user. Signed-off-by: Dan Williams --- mdadm.8 | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'mdadm.8') diff --git a/mdadm.8 b/mdadm.8 index 539d499f..b474bc1c 100644 --- a/mdadm.8 +++ b/mdadm.8 @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ each device is a path to one common physical storage device. is also not true RAID, and it only involves one device. It provides a layer over a true device that can be used to inject faults. -B CONTAINER +.B CONTAINER is different again. A .B CONTAINER is a collection of devices that are @@ -364,9 +364,13 @@ creating a DDF array a .B CONTAINER will be created, and normal arrays can be created in that container. .IP imsm -Use the Intel Matrix Storage Manager metadata format. This creates a +Use the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager metadata format. This creates a .B CONTAINER -which is managed in a similar manner to DDF. +which is managed in a similar manner to DDF, and is supported by an +option-rom on some platforms: +.IP +.B http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/matrixstorage_sb.htm +.PP .RE .TP @@ -1008,6 +1012,11 @@ Information about what is discovered is presented. .BR \-D ", " \-\-detail Print detail of one or more md devices. +.TP +.BR \-\-detail\-platform +Print detail of the platform's raid capabilities (firmware / hardware +topology) for a given metadata format. + .TP .BR \-Y ", " \-\-export When used with @@ -1561,6 +1570,26 @@ The array has multiple failed devices such that it is unusable. There was an error while trying to get information about the device. .RE +.TP +.B \-\-detail\-platform +Print detail of the platform's raid capabilities (firmware / hardware +topology). If the metadata is specified with +.B \-e +or +.B \-\-metadata= +then the return status will be: +.RS +.TP +0 +metadata successfully enumerated its platform components on this system +.TP +1 +metadata is platform independent +.TP +2 +metadata failed to find its platform components on this system +.RE + .TP .B \-\-examine The device should be a component of an md array. -- cgit v1.2.3