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Describe referenced states for plex and subdisk.

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Remove BUGS entry for initializing RAID-5 plexes.

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@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
.\"
.\" $Id: vinum.4,v 1.9 1999/03/23 04:57:24 grog Exp grog $
.\"
.Dd 22 July 1998
.Dd 28 March 1999
.Dt vinum 4
.Sh NAME
.Nm vinum
@ -651,6 +651,9 @@ Plexes may have the following states:
.sp
.ne 1i
.Bl -hang -width 14n
.It Li referenced
A plex entry which has been referenced as part of a volume, but which is
currently not known.
.It Li faulty
A plex which has gone completely down because of I/O errors.
.It Li down
@ -680,7 +683,10 @@ Subdisks can have the following states:
.Bl -hang -width 14n
.It Li empty
A subdisk entry which has been created completely. All fields are correct, and
the disk has been updated, but there is no data on the disk.
the disk has been updated, but the on the disk is not valid.
.It Li referenced
A subdisk entry which has been referenced as part of a plex, but which is
currently not known.
.It Li initializing
A subdisk entry which has been created completely and which is currently being
initialized.
@ -729,7 +735,7 @@ Drives can have the following states:
.Bl -hang -width 14n
.It Li referenced
At least one subdisk refers to the drive, but it is not currently accessible to
the system.
the system. No device name is known.
.It Li down
The drive is not accessible.
.It Li up
@ -753,12 +759,6 @@ pseudo-device appear to work, but are not supported. If you have trouble with
this configuration, please first replace the kernel with a non-Vinum
kernel and test with the kld module.
.It
It is necessary to initialize RAID-5 plexes. Failure to do so will not impede
normal operation, but it will cause complete corruption if one of the disks
should fail. I don't know any good way to enforce this initialization (or the
even slower alternative of rebuilding the parity blocks). If anybody has a good
idea, I'd be grateful for input.
.It
Detection of differences between the version of the kernel and the kld is not
yet implemented.
.El