summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/Documentation/md.txt
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/md.txt')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/md.txt16
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/md.txt b/Documentation/md.txt
index 993fba37b7d1..e0ddd327632d 100644
--- a/Documentation/md.txt
+++ b/Documentation/md.txt
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ device to add.
The array is started with the RUN_ARRAY ioctl.
Once started, new devices can be added. They should have an
-appropriate superblock written to them, and then passed be in with
+appropriate superblock written to them, and then be passed in with
ADD_NEW_DISK.
Devices that have failed or are not yet active can be detached from an
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Specific Rules that apply to format-0 super block arrays, and
-------------------------------------------------------------
An array can be 'created' by describing the array (level, chunksize
-etc) in a SET_ARRAY_INFO ioctl. This must has major_version==0 and
+etc) in a SET_ARRAY_INFO ioctl. This must have major_version==0 and
raid_disks != 0.
Then uninitialized devices can be added with ADD_NEW_DISK. The
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ Each directory contains:
offset
This gives the location in the device (in sectors from the
start) where data from the array will be stored. Any part of
- the device before this offset us not touched, unless it is
+ the device before this offset is not touched, unless it is
used for storing metadata (Formats 1.1 and 1.2).
size
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ Each directory contains:
When the device is not 'in_sync', this records the number of
sectors from the start of the device which are known to be
correct. This is normally zero, but during a recovery
- operation is will steadily increase, and if the recovery is
+ operation it will steadily increase, and if the recovery is
interrupted, restoring this value can cause recovery to
avoid repeating the earlier blocks. With v1.x metadata, this
value is saved and restored automatically.
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ Each directory contains:
-An active md device will also contain and entry for each active device
+An active md device will also contain an entry for each active device
in the array. These are named
rdNN
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ will show 'in_sync' on every line.
-Active md devices for levels that support data redundancy (1,4,5,6)
+Active md devices for levels that support data redundancy (1,4,5,6,10)
also have
sync_action
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ also have
failed/missing device
idle - nothing is happening
check - A full check of redundancy was requested and is
- happening. This reads all block and checks
+ happening. This reads all blocks and checks
them. A repair may also happen for some raid
levels.
repair - A full check and repair is happening. This is
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ also have
degraded
This contains a count of the number of devices by which the
- arrays is degraded. So an optimal array with show '0'. A
+ arrays is degraded. So an optimal array will show '0'. A
single failed/missing drive will show '1', etc.
This file responds to select/poll, any increase or decrease
in the count of missing devices will trigger an event.