From release 2.6.28, the
.I md
driver supports arrays with externally managed metadata. That is,
-the metadata is not managed by the kernel by rather by a user-space
+the metadata is not managed by the kernel but rather by a user-space
program which is external to the kernel. This allows support for a
variety of metadata formats without cluttering the kernel with lots of
details.
found that is a mismatch.
.I md
normally works in units much larger than a single sector and when it
-finds a mismatch, it does not determin exactly how many actual sectors were
+finds a mismatch, it does not determine exactly how many actual sectors were
affected but simply adds the number of sectors in the IO unit that was
used. So a value of 128 could simply mean that a single 64KB check
found an error (128 x 512bytes = 64KB).
This is the partner of
.B md/sync_speed_min
and overrides
-.B /proc/sys/dev/raid/spool_limit_max
+.B /proc/sys/dev/raid/speed_limit_max
described below.
.TP