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authorbrueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org>2005-08-16 21:14:25 +0000
committerbrueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org>2005-08-16 21:14:25 +0000
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Clarify how the 'channel' argument should look like and add an
example on how to obtain information on devices on an ata channel. PR: 84676 Submitted by: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org> MFC after: 3 days
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/atacontrol/atacontrol.8 b/sbin/atacontrol/atacontrol.8
index 281a432..8cc5aa8 100644
--- a/sbin/atacontrol/atacontrol.8
+++ b/sbin/atacontrol/atacontrol.8
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd May 16, 2005
+.Dd August 16, 2005
.Dt ATACONTROL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ exercise caution when using this command!
.Pp
The
.Ar channel
-argument is the number of the ATA channel on which to operate.
+argument is the ATA channel device (e.g., ata0) on which to operate.
The following commands are supported:
.Bl -tag -width "rebuild"
.It Ic attach
@@ -197,6 +197,11 @@ Show info about the attached devices on the
Show info about all attached devices on all active controllers.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
+To get information on devices attached to a channel,
+use the command line:
+.Pp
+.Dl "atacontrol info ata0"
+.Pp
To see the devices' current access modes, use the command line:
.Pp
.Dl "atacontrol mode ad0"
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