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author | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-11-20 16:52:27 +0000 |
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committer | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-11-20 16:52:27 +0000 |
commit | ea31070695b2e513fcf660fbcc7f05a829839c35 (patch) | |
tree | 67d5b2b897cd080f9e1b7ede82c34bfc03085426 /sbin/vinum/vinum.8 | |
parent | 5df8ea840b4bfe32452ba29db4478efb738f96c8 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-ea31070695b2e513fcf660fbcc7f05a829839c35.zip FreeBSD-src-ea31070695b2e513fcf660fbcc7f05a829839c35.tar.gz |
mdoc(7) police: use the new features of the Nm macro.
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diff --git a/sbin/vinum/vinum.8 b/sbin/vinum/vinum.8 index c74cc5d..0900d7e 100644 --- a/sbin/vinum/vinum.8 +++ b/sbin/vinum/vinum.8 @@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ is a utility program to communicate with the \fBVinum\fP\| logical volume manager. See .Xr vinum 4 for more information about the volume manager. -.Xr vinum 8 +.Nm is designed either for interactive use, when started without command line arguments, or to execute a single command if the command is supplied on the command line. In interactive mode, @@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ This command is deprecated. .Ar list is used to show information about the specified object. If the argument is omitted, information is shown about all objects known to -.Nm vinum . +.Nm . The .Ar l command is a synonym for @@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ If no parameters are specified, removes the .Nm kld and stops -.Xr vinum 8 . +.Nm . This can only be done if no objects are active. In particular, the .Fl f option does not override this requirement. Normally, the @@ -1633,7 +1633,7 @@ must be the name of a disk partition, for example or .Pa /dev/wd3s2h , and it must be of type -.Nm vinum . +.Nm . Do not use the .Nm c partition, which is reserved for the complete disk. @@ -1916,7 +1916,7 @@ the maximum size of a subdisk is 265 sectors smaller than the drive. maintains a log file, by default .Pa /var/tmp/vinum_history , in which it keeps track of the commands issued to -.Nm vinum . +.Nm . You can override the name of this file by setting the environment variable .Ev VINUM_HISTORY to the name of the file. @@ -1935,7 +1935,7 @@ system. .Ss Where to put the data The first choice you need to make is where to put the data. You need dedicated disk partitions for -.Nm vinum . +.Nm . They should be partitions, not devices, and they should not be partition .Nm c . For example, good names are @@ -2313,7 +2313,7 @@ command. A number of misconceptions exist about how to set up a RAID array for best performance. In particular, most systems use far too small a stripe size. The following discussion applies to all RAID systems, not just to -.Nm vinum . +.Nm . .Pp The FreeBSD block I/O system issues requests of between .5kB and 128 kB; a typical mix is somewhere round 8 kB. You can't stop any striping system from @@ -2523,7 +2523,8 @@ you can easily overwrite a file system. will not permit this. .Pp For similar reasons, the -.Nm vinum Ar start +.Nm +.Ar start command will not accept a drive on partition .Ar c . Partition @@ -2562,7 +2563,8 @@ provides two ways to ensure that newly created plexes are .Bl -bullet .It Create the plexes and then synchronize them with -.Nm vinum start . +.Nm +.Ar start . .It Create the volume (not the plex) with the keyword .Ar setupstate , @@ -2601,7 +2603,7 @@ please report the situation. If you build the kernel module with the .Ar -DVINUMDEBUG option, you must also build -.Nm vinum(8) +.Nm with the .Ar -DVINUMDEBUG option, since the size of some data objects used by both components depends on @@ -2616,12 +2618,15 @@ vinumioctl: invalid ioctl from process 247 (vinum): c0e44642 This error may also occur if you use old versions of kld or userland program. .It The -.Nm vinum Ar read +.Nm +.Ar read command has a particularly emetic syntax. Once it was the only way to start -.Nm vinum , +.Nm , but now the preferred method is with -.Nm vinum Ar start . -.Nm vinum Ar read +.Nm +.Ar start . +.Nm +.Ar read should be used for maintenance purposes only. Note that its syntax has changed, and the arguments must be disk slices, such as .Pa /dev/da0 , @@ -2637,7 +2642,7 @@ objects. .br .Ar /dev/vinum/control - control device for -.Nm vinum +.Nm .br .Ar /dev/vinum/plex - directory containing device nodes for |