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diff --git a/usr.sbin/diskinfo/diskinfo.8 b/usr.sbin/diskinfo/diskinfo.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..876567f --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.sbin/diskinfo/diskinfo.8 @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Poul-Henning Kamp +.\" 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. +.\" 3. The names of the authors may not be used to endorse or promote +.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written +.\" permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR 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 AUTHOR 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 April 9, 2003 +.Dt DISKINFO 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm diskinfo +.Nd get information about disk device +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl v +.Op Fl t +.Ar disk ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility prints out information about a diskdevice and optionally runs a naïve performance test on the device. +.Pp +If given no arguments the output will be a single line per specified device +with the following fields: device name, sectorsize, media size in bytes, +media size in sectors, firmware cylinders, firmware heads and firmware sectors. +The last three fields are only present if the information is available. +.Pp +If given the +.Fl v +option, the fields will be printed one per line with a descriptive comment. +.Pp +The +.Fl t +option triggers a simple and rather naïve benchmark of the disks seek +and transfer performance. +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Poul-Henning Kamp +.Sh BUGS +There are in order of increasing severity lies, +damn lines, statistics and computer benchmarks. +.Sh HISTORY +.The +.Nm +command appeared in +.Fx 5.1 |