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diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt index a7d1c4abc92..2a8c11331d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt +++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ The target is named "raid" and it accepts the following parameters: <#raid_devs> <metadata_dev0> <dev0> [.. <metadata_devN> <devN>] <raid_type>: + raid1 RAID1 mirroring raid4 RAID4 dedicated parity disk raid5_la RAID5 left asymmetric - rotating parity 0 with data continuation @@ -61,8 +62,7 @@ The target is named "raid" and it accepts the following parameters: <#raid_devs>: The number of devices composing the array. Each device consists of two entries. The first is the device containing the metadata (if any); the second is the one containing the - data. Currently, separate metadata devices are not supported and '-' - is required in place of the metadata device. + data. If a drive has failed or is missing at creation time, a '-' can be given for both the metadata and data drives for a given position. @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ The target is named "raid" and it accepts the following parameters: Example tables -------------- -# RAID4 - 4 data drives, 1 parity +# RAID4 - 4 data drives, 1 parity (no metadata devices) # No metadata devices specified to hold superblock/bitmap info # Chunk size of 1MiB # (Lines separated for easy reading) @@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ Example tables raid4 1 2048 \ 5 - 8:17 - 8:33 - 8:49 - 8:65 - 8:81 -# RAID4 - 4 data drives, 1 parity (no metadata devices) +# RAID4 - 4 data drives, 1 parity (with metadata devices) # Chunk size of 1MiB, force RAID initialization, # min recovery rate at 20 kiB/sec/disk 0 1960893648 raid \ - raid4 4 2048 min_recovery_rate 20 sync\ - 5 - 8:17 - 8:33 - 8:49 - 8:65 - 8:81 + raid4 4 2048 sync min_recovery_rate 20 \ + 5 8:17 8:18 8:33 8:34 8:49 8:50 8:65 8:66 8:81 8:82 'dmsetup table' displays the table used to construct the mapping. The optional parameters are always printed in the order listed |