The line 'auto' in mdadm.conf can be used to disable assembly
of specific metadata types, or of all arrays.
This does not affect assembly of arrays listed in mdadm.conf
or on command line.
auto -all
will disable all auto-assembly.
auto -ddf
will cause mdadm to ignore ddf arrays that are not explicitly
mentioned, and auto assemble anything else it finds.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Sometimes we want to ensure particular arrays are never
assembled automatically. This might include an array made of
devices that are shared between hosts.
To support this, allow ARRAY lines in mdadm.conf to use the word
"ignore" rather than a device name. Arrays which match such lines
are never automatically assembled (though they can still be assembled
by explicitly giving identification information on the mdadm command
line.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Two places that should have been .B or .I were .M, which of
course is an error.
So fix these and that the opportunity to be more consistent
with highlighting of "mdadm". Make it always italic except when
used as a literal example, then bold.
From: Peter Samuelson <peter@p12n.org>
nroff formats "-" as the very short hyphen used for hyphenated terms
and for splitting a word across two lines. When you want a literal
ASCII "-", like for typing on a command line, you're supposed to use
"\-" instead.
Yeah, it sounds pedantic, but it actually makes a difference. With
modern Unicode-capable terminals, "man" actually renders these with
different characters, so if you try to search for "--create" in your
favorite pager, you won't find it unless the nroff source says
"\-\-create". This discrepancy doesn't generally show up with
non-Unicode terminals.
Signed-Off-By: Peter Samuelson <peter@p12n.org>
From: Peter Samuelson <peter@p12n.org>
Option names and example command lines seem to be boldface most of the
time, fix up the few that weren't.
Signed-Off-By: Peter Samuelson <peter@p12n.org>
From: Peter Samuelson <peter@p12n.org>
\(em renders as "--" in ASCII, and a nice em dash (i.e., a dash the
width of the letter "m") in more capable formats like PostScript.
Signed-Off-By: Peter Samuelson <peter@p12n.org>
From: Peter Samuelson <peter@p12n.org>
do not hyphenate terms:
"override", "therein", "overwrite", "superblock format".
Signed-Off-By: Peter Samuelson <peter@p12n.org>
This means the output of "mdadm -Es" can be used as a complete
mdadm.conf file .... if you really want to do that.
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>