[PATCH] md: Allow rdev state to be set via sysfs
The md/dev-XXX/state file can now be written:
"faulty" simulates an error on the device
"remove" removes the device from the array (if it is not busy)
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/md.txt b/Documentation/md.txt
index df0b455..4cf5972 100644
--- a/Documentation/md.txt
+++ b/Documentation/md.txt
@@ -302,6 +302,9 @@
This includes spares that are in the process
of being recoverred to
This list make grow in future.
+ This can be written to.
+ Writing "faulty" simulates a failure on the device.
+ Writing "remove" removes the device from the array.
errors
An approximate count of read errors that have been detected on
