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| author | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-11-14 11:20:58 +0000 |
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| committer | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-11-14 11:20:58 +0000 |
| commit | 7d99729431353c50207fda8b9ab30e1c354c6061 (patch) | |
| tree | 8d8c39d3231f9a7b91446e46dfc9b54f9eb84725 /share/man/man4/da.4 | |
| parent | 56cb617a9d071d8ad21ab908ea9224e718dae618 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-7d99729431353c50207fda8b9ab30e1c354c6061.zip FreeBSD-src-7d99729431353c50207fda8b9ab30e1c354c6061.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/da.4 b/share/man/man4/da.4 index 66778d4..c989a3c 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/da.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/da.4 @@ -60,14 +60,14 @@ driver allows the disk to have two levels of partitioning. One layer, called the .Dq slice layer , is used to separate the -.Tn FreeBSD +.Fx areas of the disk from areas used by other operating systems. The second layer is the native .Bx 4.4 partitioning scheme, .Xr disklabel 5 , which is used to subdivide the -.Tn FreeBSD +.Fx slices into areas for individual filesystems and swap spaces. For more information, see .Xr fdisk 8 @@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ respectively. .Pp If an uninitialized disk is opened, the slice table will be initialized with a fictitious -.Tn FreeBSD +.Fx slice spanning the entire disk. Similarly, if an uninitialized (or -.No non- Ns Tn FreeBSD ) +.No non- Ns Fx ) slice is opened, its disklabel will be initialized with parameters returned by the drive and a single .Sq Li c @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ the caching control page. Mode pages can be examined and modified via the .Xr camcontrol 8 utility. - +.Pp The read cache is used to store data from device-initiated read ahead operations as well as frequently used data. The read cache is transparent to the user and can be enabled without any adverse effect. Most devices @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ with a read cache come from the factory with it enabled. The read cache can be disabled by setting the .Tn RCD (Read Cache Disable) bit in the caching control mode page. - +.Pp The write cache can greatly decrease the latency of write operations and allows the device to reorganize writes to increase efficiency and performance. This performance gain comes at a price. Should the device @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ block mode disk unit .Ar u , first -.Tn FreeBSD +.Fx slice, partition .Ar p .It Pa /dev/rda Ns Ar u Ns Ar p @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ raw mode disk unit .Ar u , first -.Tn FreeBSD +.Fx slice, partition .Ar p .Sm off |
