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diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt
index e5b6497116f4..5e3786fd9ea7 100644
--- a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt
+++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The target is named "raid" and it accepts the following parameters:
raid0 RAID0 striping (no resilience)
raid1 RAID1 mirroring
raid4 RAID4 with dedicated last parity disk
- raid5_n RAID5 with dedicated last parity disk suporting takeover
+ raid5_n RAID5 with dedicated last parity disk supporting takeover
Same as raid4
-Transitory layout
raid5_la RAID5 left asymmetric
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ The target is named "raid" and it accepts the following parameters:
- rotating parity N (right-to-left) with data continuation
raid6_n_6 RAID6 with dedicate parity disks
- parity and Q-syndrome on the last 2 disks;
- laylout for takeover from/to raid4/raid5_n
+ layout for takeover from/to raid4/raid5_n
raid6_la_6 Same as "raid_la" plus dedicated last Q-syndrome disk
- layout for takeover from raid5_la from/to raid6
raid6_ra_6 Same as "raid5_ra" dedicated last Q-syndrome disk
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ The target is named "raid" and it accepts the following parameters:
device removal (negative value) or device addition (positive
value) to any reshape supporting raid levels 4/5/6 and 10.
RAID levels 4/5/6 allow for addition of devices (metadata
- and data device tupel), raid10_near and raid10_offset only
- allow for device addtion. raid10_far does not support any
+ and data device tuple), raid10_near and raid10_offset only
+ allow for device addition. raid10_far does not support any
reshaping at all.
A minimum of devices have to be kept to enforce resilience,
which is 3 devices for raid4/5 and 4 devices for raid6.
@@ -242,6 +242,10 @@ recovery. Here is a fuller description of the individual fields:
in RAID1/10 or wrong parity values found in RAID4/5/6.
This value is valid only after a "check" of the array
is performed. A healthy array has a 'mismatch_cnt' of 0.
+ <data_offset> The current data offset to the start of the user data on
+ each component device of a raid set (see the respective
+ raid parameter to support out-of-place reshaping).
+
Message Interface
-----------------
@@ -309,3 +313,4 @@ Version History
with a reshape in progress.
1.9.0 Add support for RAID level takeover/reshape/region size
and set size reduction.
+1.9.1 Fix activation of existing RAID 4/10 mapped devices