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author | pjd <pjd@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-05-24 23:03:29 +0000 |
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committer | pjd <pjd@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-05-24 23:03:29 +0000 |
commit | 9dfa070a4772424ec5d39534b680a03da85df095 (patch) | |
tree | c8e7c312c014e93a95c351a8bcd0c8671349697b /sbin/geom/core | |
parent | dbabd85d3efcd6c357cd7c912cc9a6d5929f1d4c (diff) | |
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Add manual page for geom(8) utility.
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diff --git a/sbin/geom/core/geom.8 b/sbin/geom/core/geom.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4fc067a --- /dev/null +++ b/sbin/geom/core/geom.8 @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd May 21, 2004 +.Dt GEOM 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm geom +.Nd "universal control utility for GEOM classes" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Ar class +.Ar command +.Op Ar options +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility is used to control various GEOM classes. +A class has to be aware of +.Xr geom 8 +comunication methods, but there are also some standard commands +which can be used for existing, not +.Xr geom 8 +aware classes. +Here is the list of standard commands: +.Bl -tag -width ".Cm unload" +.It Cm help +List all available commands for the given class. +.It Cm list +Print detailed information (within the given class) about all providers +(if no additional arguments were specified) or the given providers. +This command is only available if the given class exists in the kernel. +.It Cm load +Load the kernel module that implements the given class. +This command is only available if the class doesn't yet exist in the kernel and +the file +.Pa geom_<class>.ko +can be found in one of the directories specifed in +.Va kern.module_path +sysctl. +.It Cm unload +Unload the kernel module which implements the given class. +This command is only available if the given class is loaded as a +kernel module. +.El +.Pp +Class-specific commands are implemented as shared libraries which +are stored in +.Pa /lib/geom/ +directory and are loaded via +.Xr dlopen 3 +function when the class name is known. +When a class-specific shared library exists, a direct utility should also be +available under the name of +.Nm g<class> . +.Pp +Currently available classes which are aware of +.Xr geom 8 : +.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact +.It +CONCAT +.It +NOP +.It +STRIPE +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +The following example shows how to set up a stripe on three disks for automatic +configuration: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +geom stripe label -v -s 65536 data /dev/da0 /dev/da1 /dev/da2 +or: +gstripe label -v -s 65536 data /dev/da0 /dev/da1 /dev/da2 +.Ed +.Pp +Print the list of all providers from the DISK class: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +geom disk list +.Ed +.Pp +Unload a kernel module which implements the MD class: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +geom md unload +.Ed +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command fails. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr geom 4 , +.Xr gconcat 8 , +.Xr gnop 8 , +.Xr gstripe 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +utility appeared in +.Fx 5.3 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq pjd@FreeBSD.org |