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.\" -*- nroff -*-
-.TH MDADM 8 "" v1.6.0
+.TH MDADM 8 "" v1.7.0
.SH NAME
mdadm \- manage MD devices
.I aka
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ Update the superblock on each device while assembling the array. The
argument given to this flag can be one of
.BR sparc2.2 ,
.BR summaries ,
+.BR resync ,
or
.BR super-minor .
@@ -429,6 +430,15 @@ assembled. This is not needed on 2.6 and later kernels as they make
this adjustment automatically.
The
+.B resync
+option will cause the array to be marked
+.I dirty
+meaning that any redundancy in the array (e.g. parity for raid5,
+copies for raid1) may be incorrect. This will cause the raid system
+to perform a "resync" pass to make sure that all redundant information
+is correct.
+
+The
.B summaries
option will correct the summaries in the superblock. That is the
counts of total, working, active, failed, and spare devices.