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@@ -154,11 +154,12 @@ contains further md-specific information about the device.
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All md devices contain:
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level
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- a text file indicating the 'raid level'. This may be a standard
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- numerical level prefixed by "RAID-" - e.g. "RAID-5", or some
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- other name such as "linear" or "multipath".
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+ a text file indicating the 'raid level'. e.g. raid0, raid1,
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+ raid5, linear, multipath, faulty.
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If no raid level has been set yet (array is still being
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- assembled), this file will be empty.
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+ assembled), the value will reflect whatever has been written
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+ to it, which may be a name like the above, or may be a number
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+ such as '0', '5', etc.
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raid_disks
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a text file with a simple number indicating the number of devices
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@@ -192,14 +193,6 @@ All md devices contain:
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1.2 (newer format in varying locations) or "none" indicating that
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the kernel isn't managing metadata at all.
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- level
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- The raid 'level' for this array. The name will often (but not
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- always) be the same as the name of the module that implements the
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- level. To be auto-loaded the module must have an alias
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- md-$LEVEL e.g. md-raid5
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- This can be written only while the array is being assembled, not
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- after it is started.
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-
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layout
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The "layout" for the array for the particular level. This is
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simply a number that is interpretted differently by different
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