Author: jh Date: Fri Jan 4 11:57:27 2013 New Revision: 245037 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/245037
Log: MFC r234047 by bjk: Fix a couple of style issues. Tweak grammar and markup while here. Modified: stable/9/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 Directory Properties: stable/9/sbin/mdconfig/ (props changed) Modified: stable/9/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 ============================================================================== --- stable/9/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 Fri Jan 4 11:11:12 2013 (r245036) +++ stable/9/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 Fri Jan 4 11:57:27 2013 (r245037) @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ parameters specified and attach it to th Detach a memory disk from the system and release all resources. .It Fl t Ar type Select the type of the memory disk. -.Bl -tag -width "preload" +.Bl -tag -width "malloc" .It Cm malloc Storage for this type of memory disk is allocated with .Xr malloc 9 . @@ -104,31 +104,35 @@ becomes the backing store for this memor .It Cm swap Storage for this type of memory disk is allocated from buffer memory. -Pages get pushed out to the swap when the system is under memory +Pages get pushed out to swap when the system is under memory pressure, otherwise they stay in the operating memory. Using .Cm swap -backing is generally preferable over +backing is generally preferred instead of using .Cm malloc backing. .El .It Fl f Ar file -Filename to use for the vnode type memory disk. Options +Filename to use for the vnode type memory disk. +The .Fl a and .Fl t Ar vnode -are implied if not specified. +options are implied if not specified. .It Fl l List configured devices. If given with .Fl u , display details about that particular device. -If +If the .Fl v -option specified, show all details. +option is specified, show all details. .It Fl n -When printing md device names, print only the unit number without the -md prefix. +When printing +.Xr md 4 +device names, print only the unit number without the +.Xr md 4 +prefix. .It Fl s Ar size Size of the memory disk. .Ar Size @@ -137,11 +141,12 @@ is the number of 512 byte sectors unless or .Cm t which -denotes byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte and terabyte respectively. Options +denotes byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte and terabyte respectively. +The .Fl a and .Fl t Ar swap -are implied if not specified. +options are implied if not specified. .It Fl S Ar sectorsize Sectorsize to use for the memory disk, in bytes. .It Fl x Ar sectors/track @@ -175,12 +180,12 @@ Allocate and reserve all needed storage .It Oo Cm no Oc Ns Cm cluster Enable clustering on this disk. .It Oo Cm no Oc Ns Cm compress -Enable/Disable compression features to reduce memory usage. +Enable/disable compression features to reduce memory usage. .It Oo Cm no Oc Ns Cm force -Disable/Enable extra sanity checks to prevent the user from doing something +Disable/enable extra sanity checks to prevent the user from doing something that might adversely affect the system. .It Oo Cm no Oc Ns Cm readonly -Enable/Disable readonly mode. +Enable/disable readonly mode. .El .It Fl u Ar unit Request a specific unit number for the @@ -197,15 +202,15 @@ is provided for convenience as an abbrev .Fl t Ar vnode .Fl f Ar file . .Sh EXAMPLES -To create a 4 megabyte +Create a 4 megabyte .Xr malloc 9 backed memory disk. -The name of the allocated unit will be output on stdout like +The name of the allocated unit will be printed on stdout, such as .Dq Li md3 : .Pp .Dl mdconfig -a -t malloc -s 4m .Pp -To create a disk named +Create a disk named .Pa /dev/md4 with .Pa /tmp/boot.flp @@ -213,12 +218,12 @@ as backing storage: .Pp .Dl mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /tmp/boot.flp -u 4 .Pp -To detach and free all resources used by +Detach and free all resources used by .Pa /dev/md4 : .Pp .Dl mdconfig -d -u 4 .Pp -To create a 128MByte swap backed disk, initialize an +Create a 128MByte swap backed disk, initialize an .Xr ffs 7 file system on it, and mount it on .Pa /tmp : @@ -229,7 +234,7 @@ mount /dev/md10 /tmp chmod 1777 /tmp .Ed .Pp -To create a 5MB file-backed disk +Create a 5MB file-backed disk .Ns ( Fl a and .Fl t Ar vnode @@ -242,7 +247,7 @@ newfs md0c mount /dev/md0c /mnt .Ed .Pp -To create an +Create an .Xr md 4 device out of an ISO 9660 CD image file .Ns ( Fl a _______________________________________________ svn-src-stable-9@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-stable-9 To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-stable-9-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
