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diff --git a/share/man/man4/vinum.4 b/share/man/man4/vinum.4 index 6c1a37c..266bff8 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/vinum.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/vinum.4 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ .\" otherwise) arising in any way out of the use of this software, even if .\" advised of the possibility of such damage. .\" -.\" $Id: vinum.4,v 1.10 1999/02/04 05:01:14 grog Exp $ +.\" $Id: vinum.4,v 1.11 1999/02/05 00:34:21 grog Exp $ .\" .Dd 22 July 1998 .Dt vinum 4 @@ -320,19 +320,36 @@ name from which they are derived. When .Nm vinum(8) creates or deletes objects, it creates a directory -.Ar /dev/vinum , +.Pa /dev/vinum , in which it makes device entries for each volume it finds. It also creates subdirectories, -.Ar /dev/vinum/plex +.Pa /dev/vinum/plex , +.Pa /dev/vinum/sd and -.Ar /dev/vinum/sd , -in which it stores device entries for the plexes and subdisks. In addition, it -creates two more directories, -.Ar /dev/vinum/vol +.Pa /dev/vinum/rsd , +in which it stores device entries for the plexes and subdisks. +.Pa /dev/vinum/sd +contains block device entries, while +.Pa /dev/vinum/rsd +contains character device entries. In addition, it creates two more +directories, +.Pa /dev/vinum/vol and -.Ar /dev/vinum/drive , +.Pa /dev/vinum/drive , in which it stores hierarchical information for volumes and drives. .It +In addition, +.Nm +creates two super-devices, +.Pa /dev/vinum/control +and +.Pa /dev/vinum/controld . +These are used by +.Xr vinum 8 +and the +.Nm +daemon respectively. +.It Unlike .Nm UNIX drives, @@ -396,6 +413,7 @@ looks like: total 5 brwxr-xr-- 1 root wheel 25, 2 Mar 30 16:08 concat brwx------ 1 root wheel 25, 0x40000000 Mar 30 16:08 control +brwx------ 1 root wheel 25, 0x40000001 Mar 30 16:08 controld drwxrwxrwx 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 16:08 drive drwxrwxrwx 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 16:08 plex drwxrwxrwx 2 root wheel 512 Mar 30 16:08 rvol @@ -643,6 +661,9 @@ Drives can have the following states: .sp .ne 1i .Bl -hang -width 14n +.It referenced +At least one subdisk refers to the drive, but it is not currently accessible to +the system. .It down The drive is not accessible. .It up @@ -658,14 +679,6 @@ not yet fully functional. If you have difficulties, please look at http://www.lemis.com/vinum_beta.html and http://www.lemis.com/vinum_debugging.html before reporting problems. .It -It is possible to unload the -.Nm -module with the -.Nm kldunload -command. This is buggy, and the only reason it is present at all is to make it -easier for people testing the system: the alternative is a reboot. It works -about 80% of the time: expect about one panic every five unloads. -.It It is possible to configure .Nm statically, but it has never been tested in this form. Don't even bother to @@ -709,8 +722,8 @@ Next, look at the on-disk configuration, using a Bourne-style shell: .Bd -literal # rm -f log # for i in /dev/da0s1h /dev/da1s1h /dev/da2s1h /dev/da3s1h; do -> (dd if=/dev/da1h skip=8 count=6|tr -d '\e000-\e011\e200-\e377'; echo) >> log -> done + (dd if=$i skip=8 count=6|tr -d '\e000-\e011\e200-\e377'; echo) >> log + done .Ed .if t .vs .if t .ps @@ -778,8 +791,15 @@ command if you have this kind of trouble. In order to analyse a panic which you suspect comes from .Nm you will need to build a debug kernel. See the online handbook for more details -of how to do this. -.P +of how to do this. Be sure to include the +.Nm ddb +debugger. To do this, put the following lines in your kernel configuration +file: +.Bd -literal +options DDB +options BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER +.Ed +.Pp You will need some additional steps to get symbolic information for the .Nm kernel loadable module: |