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diff --git a/mdadm.conf.5 b/mdadm.conf.5 index b9beffa..6ae6802 100644 --- a/mdadm.conf.5 +++ b/mdadm.conf.5 @@ -127,6 +127,17 @@ this is mainly for compatibility with the output of .BR "mdadm --examine --scan" . .TP +.B spares= +The value is a number of spare devices to expect the array to have. +.I mdadm --monitor +will report an array if it is found to have fewer than this number of +spares when +.B --monitor +starts or when +.B --oneshot +is used. + +.TP .B spare-group= The value is a textual name for a group of arrays. All arrays with the same @@ -165,6 +176,13 @@ driver as the bitmap file. This has the same function as the .B --bitmap-file option to .BR --assemble . + +.TP +.B metadata= +Specify the metadata format that the array has. This is mainly +recognised for comparability with the output of +.IR "mdadm -Es" . + .RE .TP @@ -217,7 +235,7 @@ line and it should be give only one program. .B CREATE The .B create -line gives default values to be used when creating device entries for +line gives default values to be used when creating arrays and device entries for arrays. These include: @@ -244,6 +262,11 @@ flag to mdadm. Give - possibly followed by a number of partitions - to indicate how missing device entries should be created. +.TP +.B metadata= +The name of the metadata format to use if none is explicitly given. +This can be useful to impose a system-wide default of version-1 superblocks. + .RE |