Commit d33a56d3 authored by NeilBrown's avatar NeilBrown Committed by Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] md: fix duplicity of levels in md.txt

md.txt has two sections describing the 'level' sysfs attribute, and some of
the text is out-of-date.  So make just one section, and make it right.

Cc: Christian Kujau <evil@g-house.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarNeil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
parent 61df9d91
...@@ -154,11 +154,12 @@ contains further md-specific information about the device. ...@@ -154,11 +154,12 @@ contains further md-specific information about the device.
All md devices contain: All md devices contain:
level level
a text file indicating the 'raid level'. This may be a standard a text file indicating the 'raid level'. e.g. raid0, raid1,
numerical level prefixed by "RAID-" - e.g. "RAID-5", or some raid5, linear, multipath, faulty.
other name such as "linear" or "multipath".
If no raid level has been set yet (array is still being If no raid level has been set yet (array is still being
assembled), this file will be empty. assembled), the value will reflect whatever has been written
to it, which may be a name like the above, or may be a number
such as '0', '5', etc.
raid_disks raid_disks
a text file with a simple number indicating the number of devices a text file with a simple number indicating the number of devices
...@@ -192,14 +193,6 @@ All md devices contain: ...@@ -192,14 +193,6 @@ All md devices contain:
1.2 (newer format in varying locations) or "none" indicating that 1.2 (newer format in varying locations) or "none" indicating that
the kernel isn't managing metadata at all. 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.
layout layout
The "layout" for the array for the particular level. This is The "layout" for the array for the particular level. This is
simply a number that is interpretted differently by different simply a number that is interpretted differently by different
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