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diff --git a/mdadm.conf.5 b/mdadm.conf.5 index 7ef1765..87a8c1b 100644 --- a/mdadm.conf.5 +++ b/mdadm.conf.5 @@ -182,10 +182,15 @@ or missing drive but no spare. .TP .B auto= -This option declares to +This option is rarely needed with mdadm-3.0, particularly if use with +the Linux kernel v2.6.28 or later. +It tells .I mdadm -that it should try to create the device file of the array if it -doesn't already exist, or exists but with the wrong device number. +whether to use partitionable array or non-partitionable arrays and, +in the absence of +.IR udev , +how many partition devices to create. From 2.6.28 all md array +devices are partitionable, hence this option is not needed. The value of this option can be "yes" or "md" to indicate that a traditional, non-partitionable md array should be created, or "mdp", |