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| author | NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> | 2010-07-28 09:12:35 +0200 |
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| committer | NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> | 2010-07-28 09:41:36 +0200 |
| commit | 9fdcb4719238195c0f29aa60fdd76f5b77fe074b (patch) | |
| tree | 78eab726224ad709f8ed6798cab5c682084bc28b /mdmon.8 | |
| parent | Switch from /lib/init/rw to /dev for early-boot files. (diff) | |
| download | mdadm-9fdcb4719238195c0f29aa60fdd76f5b77fe074b.tar.xz mdadm-9fdcb4719238195c0f29aa60fdd76f5b77fe074b.zip | |
Update man page info about files used by mdmon
A recent patch changed the location of files used by
mdmon, so update man page to match.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'mdmon.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | mdmon.8 | 30 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 18 deletions
@@ -200,23 +200,20 @@ as required. This means that .I mdmon must be installed on the .B initramfs -and there must be a writable filesystem (typically tmpfs) which +and there must be a writable filesystem (typically tmpfs) in which .B mdmon can create a .B .pid and .B .sock -file on. The particular filesystem to use is given to mdmon at compile +file. The particular filesystem to use is given to mdmon at compile time and defaults to .BR /dev/.mdadm . -This filesystem must persist through to the end of the boot sequence. +This filesystem must persist through to shutdown time. After the final root filesystem has be instantiated (usually with .BR pivot_root ) -and after -.B /var -is mounted writable, .I mdmon should be run with .I "\-\-all \-\-takeover" @@ -224,20 +221,17 @@ so that the .I mdmon running from the .B initramfs -can be replaced with one running in the main root. +can be replaced with one running in the main root, and so the +memory used by the initramfs can be released. At shutdown time, .I mdmon should not be killed along with other processes. Also as it holds a file (socket actually) open in -.B /var -it will not be possible to unmount -.B /var -if it is a separate filesystem. Rather the -.B /var -filesystem, like the root filesystem, should be remounted read-only. - - +.B /dev +(by default) it will not be possible to unmount +.B /dev +if it is a separate filesystem. .SH EXAMPLES @@ -246,9 +240,9 @@ filesystem, like the root filesystem, should be remounted read-only. Any .I mdmon which is currently running is killed and a new instance is started. -This should be run late in the boot sequence and particularly after -.B /var -is mounted and writable. +This should be run during in the boot sequence if an initramfs was +used, so that any mdmon running from the initramfs will not hold +the initramfs active. .SH SEE ALSO .IR mdadm (8), .IR md (4). |