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authorNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>2006-06-26 11:27:59 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-06-26 20:58:39 +0400
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[PATCH] md: Allow raid 'layout' to be read and set via sysfs
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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@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ All md devices contain:
This can be written only while the array is being assembled, not
after it is started.
+ layout
+ The "layout" for the array for the particular level. This is
+ simply a number that is interpretted differently by different
+ levels. It can be written while assembling an array.
+
new_dev
This file can be written but not read. The value written should
be a block device number as major:minor. e.g. 8:0