Allow symlink creation to be disabled from command line or mdadm.conf

[thirdparty/mdadm.git] / mdadm.8

diff --git a/mdadm.8 b/mdadm.8
index 1508c58651d9e4e9b17222d179b7f7fffa16f89e..3ebef842b3934f0e88d99f07b5acee1b50cb1b01 100644 (file)
--- a/mdadm.8
+++ b/mdadm.8
@@ -594,6 +594,28 @@ number will be considered unused if there is no active array for that
 number, and there is no entry in /dev for that number and with a
 non-standard name.
 
+.TP
+.BR --symlink = no
+Normally when
+.B --auto
+causes
+.I mdadm
+to create devices in
+.B /dev/md/
+it will also create symlinks from
+.B /dev/
+with names starting with
+.B md
+or
+.BR md_ .
+Use
+.B --symlink=no
+to suppress this, or
+.B --symlink=yes
+to enforce this even if it is suppressing
+.IR mdadm.conf .
+
+
 .SH For assemble:
 
 .TP