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diff --git a/mdadm.conf.5 b/mdadm.conf.5 index aadfb23..40295be 100644 --- a/mdadm.conf.5 +++ b/mdadm.conf.5 @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ mdadm.conf \- configuration for management of Software RAID with mdadm /etc/mdadm.conf .SH DESCRIPTION .PP -.B mdadm +.I mdadm is a tool for creating, managing, and monitoring RAID devices using the .B md driver in Linux. @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ A line lists the devices (whole devices or partitions) that might contain a component of an MD array. When looking for the components of an array, -.B mdadm +.I mdadm will scan these devices (or any devices listed on the command line). The @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ the same .B spare\-group name are considered to be part of the same group. The significance of a group of arrays is that -.B mdadm +.I mdadm will, when monitoring the arrays, move a spare drive from one array in a group to another array in that group if the first array had a failed or missing drive but no spare. @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ or missing drive but no spare. .TP .B auto= This option declares to -.B mdadm +.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. @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ The .B mailaddr line gives an E-mail address that alerts should be sent to when -.M mdadm +.I mdadm is running in .B \-\-monitor mode (and was given the @@ -289,6 +289,24 @@ Give to suppress this symlink creation. .RE +.TP +.B HOMEHOST +The +.B homehost +line gives a default value for the +.B --homehost= +option to mdadm. There should be exactly one other word on the line. +It should either exactly +.B <system> +or a host name. +If +.B <system> +is given, then the +.BR gethostname ( 2 ) +systemcall is used to get the host name. +When arrays are created, this host name will be stored in the +metadata. When arrays are assembled using auto-assembly, only arrays +with this host name stored in the metadata will be considered. .SH EXAMPLE DEVICE /dev/sd[bcdjkl]1 |