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authorgrog <grog@FreeBSD.org>1999-03-28 08:50:11 +0000
committergrog <grog@FreeBSD.org>1999-03-28 08:50:11 +0000
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Describe referenced states for plex and subdisk.
Remove BUGS entry for initializing RAID-5 plexes. Get date right.
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/vinum.4 b/share/man/man4/vinum.4
index 4277800..db1a0c6 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/vinum.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/vinum.4
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
.\"
.\" $Id: vinum.4,v 1.9 1999/03/23 04:57:24 grog Exp grog $
.\"
-.Dd 22 July 1998
+.Dd 28 March 1999
.Dt vinum 4
.Sh NAME
.Nm vinum
@@ -651,6 +651,9 @@ Plexes may have the following states:
.sp
.ne 1i
.Bl -hang -width 14n
+.It Li referenced
+A plex entry which has been referenced as part of a volume, but which is
+currently not known.
.It Li faulty
A plex which has gone completely down because of I/O errors.
.It Li down
@@ -680,7 +683,10 @@ Subdisks can have the following states:
.Bl -hang -width 14n
.It Li empty
A subdisk entry which has been created completely. All fields are correct, and
-the disk has been updated, but there is no data on the disk.
+the disk has been updated, but the on the disk is not valid.
+.It Li referenced
+A subdisk entry which has been referenced as part of a plex, but which is
+currently not known.
.It Li initializing
A subdisk entry which has been created completely and which is currently being
initialized.
@@ -729,7 +735,7 @@ Drives can have the following states:
.Bl -hang -width 14n
.It Li referenced
At least one subdisk refers to the drive, but it is not currently accessible to
-the system.
+the system. No device name is known.
.It Li down
The drive is not accessible.
.It Li up
@@ -753,12 +759,6 @@ pseudo-device appear to work, but are not supported. If you have trouble with
this configuration, please first replace the kernel with a non-Vinum
kernel and test with the kld module.
.It
-It is necessary to initialize RAID-5 plexes. Failure to do so will not impede
-normal operation, but it will cause complete corruption if one of the disks
-should fail. I don't know any good way to enforce this initialization (or the
-even slower alternative of rebuilding the parity blocks). If anybody has a good
-idea, I'd be grateful for input.
-.It
Detection of differences between the version of the kernel and the kld is not
yet implemented.
.El
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