docs: Improve docs on MDADM_CONFIG

diff --git a/doc/genkernel.8.txt b/doc/genkernel.8.txt
index e82f1ec477052ddca5566d0ea1ff6afd83e18a08..a74df82a50b342a453971aed117500e4de468a1a 100644 (file)
--- 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 d510339fc1221700c26382e0922bbe1c8822803e..a5988dad3e2bb04b3fde7716af3f25e6d0dc89a7 100644 (file)
--- 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"