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diff --git a/Documentation/md.txt b/Documentation/md.txt index c5512af..fd43fd2 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 |
