simply a number that is interpretted differently by different
levels. It can be written while assembling an array.
+ resync_start
+ The point at which resync should start. If no resync is needed,
+ this will be a very large number. At array creation it will
+ default to 0, though starting the array as 'clean' will
+ set it much larger.
+
new_dev
This file can be written but not read. The value written should
be a block device number as major:minor. e.g. 8:0