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authorNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>2006-06-26 11:27:58 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-06-26 20:58:39 +0400
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[PATCH] md: Allow rdev state to be set via sysfs
The md/dev-XXX/state file can now be written: "faulty" simulates an error on the device "remove" removes the device from the array (if it is not busy) Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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@@ -302,6 +302,9 @@ Each directory contains:
This includes spares that are in the process
of being recoverred to
This list make grow in future.
+ This can be written to.
+ Writing "faulty" simulates a failure on the device.
+ Writing "remove" removes the device from the array.
errors
An approximate count of read errors that have been detected on