Make it easier to discover this POLA violation.
---
mdadm.8.in | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mdadm.8.in b/mdadm.8.in
index 96846035..74cca534 100644
--- a/mdadm.8.in
+++ b/mdadm.8.in
@@ -1159,6 +1159,12 @@ are present. This is only needed with
and can be used if the physical connections to devices are
not as reliable as you would like.
+Note that "all expected drives" means as many as were present the last
+time the array was running as recorded in the superblock. If the
+array was already degraded, and the missing device is not a new
+problem, it will still be assembled. It is only newly missing devices
+that cause the array not to be started.
+
.TP
.BR \-a ", " "\-\-auto{=no,yes,md,mdp,part}"
See this option under Create and Build options.
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