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diff --git a/Documentation/md.txt b/Documentation/md.txt index 1dd0fb6021cf..9710138d101a 100644 --- a/Documentation/md.txt +++ b/Documentation/md.txt @@ -166,6 +166,14 @@ All md devices contain: will be empty. If an array is being resized (not currently possible) this will contain the larger of the old and new sizes. + chunk_size + This is the size if bytes for 'chunks' and is only relevant to + raid levels that involve striping (1,4,5,6,10). The address space + of the array is conceptually divided into chunks and consecutive + chunks are striped onto neighbouring devices. + The size should be atleast PAGE_SIZE (4k) and should be a power + of 2. This can only be set while assembling an array + As component devices are added to an md array, they appear in the 'md' directory as new directories named dev-XXX |