mdadm-1.7.0

[thirdparty/mdadm.git] / mdadm.8

diff --git a/mdadm.8 b/mdadm.8
index 6e20b7ea93b5f49b2876cb89b03e3defa75926d7..b9f5bfae4b66a5a884d3b35384a29a127b3c23ba 100644 (file)
--- a/mdadm.8
+++ b/mdadm.8
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" -*- nroff -*-
-.TH MDADM 8 "" v1.6.0
+.TH MDADM 8 "" v1.7.0
 .SH NAME
 mdadm \- manage MD devices
 .I aka
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ Update the superblock on each device while assembling the array.  The
 argument given to this flag can be one of
 .BR sparc2.2 ,
 .BR summaries ,
+.BR resync ,
 or
 .BR super-minor .
 
@@ -428,6 +429,15 @@ field on each superblock to match the minor number of the array being
 assembled.  This is not needed on 2.6 and later kernels as they make
 this adjustment automatically.
 
+The
+.B resync
+option will cause the array to be marked
+.I dirty
+meaning that any redundancy in the array (e.g. parity for raid5,
+copies for raid1) may be incorrect.  This will cause the raid system
+to perform a "resync" pass to make sure that all redundant information
+is correct.
+
 The
 .B summaries
 option will correct the summaries in the superblock. That is the