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man: Add better explanation for automatic integrity tag recalculation.
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man/integritysetup.8.adoc

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No journal or bitmap is used in this mode.
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The device should operate with native speed (without any overhead).
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This option is available since the Linux kernel version 6.11.
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*--integrity-key-file* _file_::
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*--integrity-recalculate*::
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Automatically recalculate integrity tags in the kernel on activation.
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The device can be used during automatic integrity recalculation, but becomes fully integrity protected only after the background operation is finished.
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The primary intended use case is to skip initialization (wiping) of the data device after the initial format (see --no-wipe option).
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This parameter can be used for activation, then the kernel will recalculate integrity tags in the background.
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The integrity superblock contains a device offset that indicates the boundary to which the integrity tags are already updated.
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You can check this offset with the dump command.
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*--integrity-recalculate-reset*::
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Restart recalculation from the beginning of the device.

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