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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2006-04-14 09:20:25 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2006-04-14 09:20:25 +0000
commit97c4cd6d343bd64bdee83e754fd4e463c1201b31 (patch)
tree54a69a2dc4cb94394c4012a32ed32349254b6126
parentc7cf0bf2d28666a3d39d29c9f82b1710e233b82b (diff)
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Fix markup and some typos.
-rw-r--r--sbin/ccdconfig/ccdconfig.819
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/ccd.493
2 files changed, 84 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ccdconfig/ccdconfig.8 b/sbin/ccdconfig/ccdconfig.8
index bbd7428..f5f4224 100644
--- a/sbin/ccdconfig/ccdconfig.8
+++ b/sbin/ccdconfig/ccdconfig.8
@@ -130,7 +130,10 @@ The component devices need to name partitions of type
as shown by
.Xr disklabel 8 ) .
.Pp
-If you want to use the Linux md(4) compatibility mode, please be sure
+If you want to use the
+.Tn Linux
+.Xr md 4
+compatibility mode, please be sure
to read the notes in
.Xr ccd 4 .
.Sh FILES
@@ -165,13 +168,19 @@ and assigned to ccd0.
# ccdconfig ccd0 128 CCDF_MIRROR /dev/da8s2 /dev/da9s3
.Ed
.Pp
-The following are matching commands in Linux and FreeBSD to create a
-raid-0 in Linux and read it from FreeBSD.
+The following are matching commands in
+.Tn Linux
+and
+.Fx
+to create a RAID-0 in
+.Tn Linux
+and read it from
+.Fx .
.Bd -literal
-# Create a raid-0 on Linux:
+# Create a RAID-0 on Linux:
mdadm --create --chunk=32 --level=0 --raid-devices=2 /dev/md0 \\
/dev/hda1 /dev/hdb1
-# Make the raid-0 just created available on FreeBSD:
+# Make the RAID-0 just created available on FreeBSD:
ccdconfig -c /dev/ccd0 32 linux /dev/ad0s1 /dev/ad0s2
.Ed
.Pp
diff --git a/share/man/man4/ccd.4 b/share/man/man4/ccd.4
index d49a82d..8da0e36 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/ccd.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/ccd.4
@@ -173,33 +173,80 @@ You cannot replace a disk in a mirrored
.Nm
partition without first backing up the partition, then replacing the disk,
then restoring the partition.
-.Ss Linux compatibility
-The Linux compatibility mode does not try to read the label that Linux'
-md(4) driver leaves on the raw devices. You will have to give the order
-of devices and the interleave factor on your own. When in Linux
-compatibility mode, ccd will convert the interleave factor from Linux
-terminology. That means you give the same interleave factor that you
-gave as chunk size in Linux.
-.Pp
-If you have a Linux md(4) device in "legacy" mode, do not use the
-CCD_LINUX flag in
+.Ss Linux Compatibility
+The
+.Tn Linux
+compatibility mode does not try to read the label that
+.Tn Linux Ns '
+.Xr md 4
+driver leaves on the raw devices.
+You will have to give the order
+of devices and the interleave factor on your own.
+When in
+.Tn Linux
+compatibility mode,
+.Nm
+will convert the interleave factor from
+.Tn Linux
+terminology.
+That means you give the same interleave factor that you
+gave as chunk size in
+.Tn Linux .
+.Pp
+If you have a
+.Tn Linux
+.Xr md 4
+device in
+.Dq legacy
+mode, do not use the
+.Dv CCDF_LINUX
+flag in
.Xr ccdconfig 8 .
-Use the CCD_NO_OFFSET flag instead. In that case you have to convert
-the interleave factor on your own, usually it is Linux' chunk size
-multiplied by two.
+Use the
+.Dv CCDF_NO_OFFSET
+flag instead.
+In that case you have to convert
+the interleave factor on your own, usually it is
+.Tn Linux Ns '
+chunk size multiplied by two.
.Pp
-Using a Linux raid this way is potentially dangerous and can destroy
-the data in there. Since FreeBSD does not read the label used by
-Linux, changes in Linux might invalidate the compatibility layer.
+Using a
+.Tn Linux
+RAID this way is potentially dangerous and can destroy
+the data in there.
+Since
+.Fx
+does not read the label used by
+.Tn Linux ,
+changes in
+.Tn Linux
+might invalidate the compatibility layer.
.Pp
However, using this is reasonably safe if you test the compatibility
-before mounting a raid read-write for the first time. Just using
-ccdconfig without mounting does not write anything to the Linux raid.
-Then you do a fsck.ex2fs on the ccd device using the -n flag. You can
-mount the filesystem readonly to check files in there. If all this
-works, it is unlikely that there is a problem with ccd. Keep in mind
-that even when the Linux compatibility mode in ccd is working
-correctly, bugs in FreeBSD's ex2fs implementation would still destroy
+before mounting a RAID read-write for the first time.
+Just using
+.Xr ccdconfig 8
+without mounting does not write anything to the
+.Tn Linux
+RAID.
+Then you do a
+.Nm fsck.ext2fs Pq Pa ports/sysutils/e2fsprogs
+on the
+.Nm
+device using the
+.Fl n
+flag.
+You can mount the file system read-only to check files in there.
+If all this works, it is unlikely that there is a problem with
+.Nm .
+Keep in mind that even when the
+.Tn Linux
+compatibility mode in
+.Nm
+is working correctly, bugs in
+.Fx Ap s
+.Nm ex2fs
+implementation would still destroy
your data.
.Sh WARNINGS
If just one (or more) of the disks in a
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