From 6d7ff7380b2e28c2807da3bf9fa614d91d15bacf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: NeilBrown Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 00:21:16 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] md: support adding new devices to md arrays via sysfs Writing major:minor to md/new_dev will bind that device to the array. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown Acked-by: Greg KH Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/md.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/md.txt b/Documentation/md.txt index 7b3d471..b8d172b 100644 --- a/Documentation/md.txt +++ b/Documentation/md.txt @@ -200,6 +200,14 @@ All md devices contain: This can be written only while the array is being assembled, not after it is started. + 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 + This will cause that device to be attached to the array, if it is + available. It will then appear at md/dev-XXX (depending on the + name of the device) and further configuration is then possible. + + As component devices are added to an md array, they appear in the 'md' directory as new directories named dev-XXX -- cgit v1.1