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diff --git a/Documentation/md.txt b/Documentation/md.txt index 9710138d101..0a2e10a4040 100644 --- a/Documentation/md.txt +++ b/Documentation/md.txt @@ -174,6 +174,15 @@ All md devices contain: The size should be atleast PAGE_SIZE (4k) and should be a power of 2. This can only be set while assembling an array + component_size + For arrays with data redundancy (i.e. not raid0, linear, faulty, + multipath), all components must be the same size - or at least + there must a size that they all provide space for. This is a key + part or the geometry of the array. It is measured in sectors + and can be read from here. Writing to this value may resize + the array if the personality supports it (raid1, raid5, raid6), + and if the component drives are large enough. + As component devices are added to an md array, they appear in the 'md' directory as new directories named dev-XXX |