Commit b6fec069 authored by Jonathan Brassow's avatar Jonathan Brassow Committed by NeilBrown
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MD: Fix typos in MD documentation 



MD:  Fix some typos/grammer in MD documentation

Reviewed-by: default avatarPaul Menzel <paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
parent c0b32972

Documentation/md.txt

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@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ device to add. 
The array is started with the RUN_ARRAY ioctl.



Once started, new devices can be added.  They should have an

appropriate superblock written to them, and then passed be in with

appropriate superblock written to them, and then be passed in with

ADD_NEW_DISK.



Devices that have failed or are not yet active can be detached from an
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Specific Rules that apply to format-0 super block arrays, and 
-------------------------------------------------------------



An array can be 'created' by describing the array (level, chunksize

etc) in a SET_ARRAY_INFO ioctl.  This must has major_version==0 and

etc) in a SET_ARRAY_INFO ioctl.  This must have major_version==0 and

raid_disks != 0.



Then uninitialized devices can be added with ADD_NEW_DISK.  The
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ Each directory contains: 
      offset

        This gives the location in the device (in sectors from the

        start) where data from the array will be stored.  Any part of

        the device before this offset us not touched, unless it is

        the device before this offset is not touched, unless it is

        used for storing metadata (Formats 1.1 and 1.2).



      size
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ Each directory contains: 
        When the device is not 'in_sync', this records the number of

	sectors from the start of the device which are known to be

	correct.  This is normally zero, but during a recovery

	operation is will steadily increase, and if the recovery is

	operation it will steadily increase, and if the recovery is

	interrupted, restoring this value can cause recovery to

	avoid repeating the earlier blocks.  With v1.x metadata, this

	value is saved and restored automatically.
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ Each directory contains: 






An active md device will also contain and entry for each active device

An active md device will also contain an entry for each active device

in the array.  These are named



    rdNN
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ will show 'in_sync' on every line. 






Active md devices for levels that support data redundancy (1,4,5,6)

Active md devices for levels that support data redundancy (1,4,5,6,10)

also have



   sync_action
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ also have 
                       failed/missing device

       idle          - nothing is happening

       check         - A full check of redundancy was requested and is

                       happening.  This reads all block and checks

                       happening.  This reads all blocks and checks

                       them. A repair may also happen for some raid

                       levels.

       repair        - A full check and repair is happening.  This is
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ also have 


   degraded

      This contains a count of the number of devices by which the

      arrays is degraded.  So an optimal array with show '0'.  A

      arrays is degraded.  So an optimal array will show '0'.  A

      single failed/missing drive will show '1', etc.

      This file responds to select/poll, any increase or decrease

      in the count of missing devices will trigger an event.