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authorSebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org>2011-02-24 10:34:48 +0100
committerSebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org>2011-02-24 10:34:48 +0100
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tree6b933309bb2b1b288b2db3a48a6cde6d09133733
parentDo not mess with MDADMs auto-detect (diff)
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docs: Improve docs on MDADM_CONFIG
-rw-r--r--doc/genkernel.8.txt2
-rw-r--r--genkernel.conf8
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/genkernel.8.txt b/doc/genkernel.8.txt
index e82f1ec..a74df82 100644
--- a/doc/genkernel.8.txt
+++ b/doc/genkernel.8.txt
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ INITIALIZATION
*--mdadm-config*=<file>::
Use <file> as configfile for MDADM.
+ By default the ramdisk will be built *without* an mdadm.conf and
+ will auto-detect arrays during boot-up.
*--dmraid*::
Include DMRAID support.
diff --git a/genkernel.conf b/genkernel.conf
index d510339..a5988da 100644
--- a/genkernel.conf
+++ b/genkernel.conf
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ USECOLOR="yes"
# Includes mdadm/mdmon binaries in initramfs.
# Without sys-fs/mdadm[static] installed, this will build a static mdadm.
# MDADM="no"
+
# Specify a custom mdadm.conf.
-# If not set the ramdisk will be built without a mdadm.conf and will auto-detect
-# arrays during bootup.
-# This should generally not be needed.
-# MDADM_CONFIG=""
+# By default the ramdisk will be built *without* an mdadm.conf and will auto-detect
+# arrays during bootup. Usually, this should not be needed.
+# MDADM_CONFIG="/etc/mdadm.conf"
# Add Multipath support.
# MULTIPATH="no"