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author | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-03-18 22:56:07 +0000 |
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committer | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-03-18 22:56:07 +0000 |
commit | 16b21db4d33ff08e914df52000c560f64ef0e39d (patch) | |
tree | a11f2d1036bb85a2c46891708f459ae9eedcd2af /sbin/atactl/atactl.8 | |
parent | 404d4678be49dbab2ac44d8d6ae087f87036f9d6 (diff) |
Remove hard sentence breaks, and some other cleanup along the way.
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/atactl/atactl.8')
-rw-r--r-- | sbin/atactl/atactl.8 | 46 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/atactl/atactl.8 b/sbin/atactl/atactl.8 index 8a3de54e852..b247ed3c75d 100644 --- a/sbin/atactl/atactl.8 +++ b/sbin/atactl/atactl.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: atactl.8,v 1.2 2000/02/02 02:52:05 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: atactl.8,v 1.3 2000/03/18 22:55:53 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: atactl.8,v 1.5 1999/02/24 18:49:14 jwise Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1998 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. @@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm allows a user or system administrator to issue commands to and otherwise -control devices which reside on standard IDE and ATA controllers. It is -used by specifying +control devices which reside on standard IDE and ATA controllers. +It is used by specifying a device to manipulate, the command to perform, and any arguments the command may require. -.Sh DEVICE COMMANDS -The following commands may be used on IDE and ATA devices. Note -that not all devices support all commands. +.Pp +The following commands may be used on IDE and ATA devices. +Note that not all devices support all commands. .Pp If the .Ar device @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ is specified without a .Ar command , the .Cm identify -command is implied. +command is implied. .Pp .Cm identify .Pp @@ -75,19 +75,20 @@ revision strings, and the device's capabilities. .Pp .Cm idle .Pp -Place the specified device into Idle mode. This mode may consume less -power than Active mode. +Place the specified device into Idle mode. +This mode may consume less power than Active mode. .Pp .Cm standby .Pp -Place the specified device into Standby mode. This mode will consume -less power than Idle mode. +Place the specified device into Standby mode. +This mode will consume less power than Idle mode. .Pp .Cm sleep .Pp -Place he specified device into Sleep mode. This mode will consume -less power than Standby mode, but requires a device reset to resume -operation. Typically the +Place he specified device into Sleep mode. +This mode will consume less power than Standby mode, +but requires a device reset to resume operation. +Typically the .Xr wd 4 driver performs this reset automatically, but this should still be used with caution. @@ -98,7 +99,8 @@ used with caution. Places the specified device into Idle mode, and sets the Standby timer to .Ar standby-timer -seconds. A value of 0 will disable the Standby timer. +seconds. +A value of 0 will disable the Standby timer. .Pp .Cm setstandby .Ar standby-timer @@ -106,23 +108,21 @@ seconds. A value of 0 will disable the Standby timer. Places the specified device into Standby mode, and sets the Standby timer to .Ar standby-timer -seconds. A value of 0 will disable the Standby timer. +seconds. +A value of 0 will disable the Standby timer. .Pp .Cm checkpower .Pp Will print out if the device is in Active, Idle, or Standby power management mode. -.Sh BUGS -The output from the -.Cm identify -command is rather ugly. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ioctl 2 , .Xr wd 4 .Sh AUTHOR The .Nm -command was written by Ken Hornstein. It was based heavily on the +command was written by Ken Hornstein. +It was based heavily on the .Xr scsictl 8 command written by Jason R. Thorpe. .Sh HISTORY @@ -130,3 +130,7 @@ The .Nm command first appeared in .Ox 2.6 . +.Sh BUGS +The output from the +.Cm identify +command is rather ugly. |