From d9d166c2a9d5d01af34396793950aa695883eed4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: NeilBrown Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 00:20:51 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] md: allow array level to be set textually via sysfs Signed-off-by: Neil Brown Acked-by: Greg KH Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/md.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/md.txt b/Documentation/md.txt index c5512afd591..fd43fd2cad2 100644 --- a/Documentation/md.txt +++ b/Documentation/md.txt @@ -189,6 +189,14 @@ All md devices contain: 1.2 (newer format in varying locations) or "none" indicating that the kernel isn't managing metadata at all. + level + The raid 'level' for this array. The name will often (but not + always) be the same as the name of the module that implements the + level. To be auto-loaded the module must have an alias + md-$LEVEL e.g. md-raid5 + This can be written only while the array is being assembled, not + after it is started. + As component devices are added to an md array, they appear in the 'md' directory as new directories named dev-XXX -- cgit v1.2.3