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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-18 22:56:07 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-18 22:56:07 +0000
commit16b21db4d33ff08e914df52000c560f64ef0e39d (patch)
treea11f2d1036bb85a2c46891708f459ae9eedcd2af /sbin/atactl/atactl.8
parent404d4678be49dbab2ac44d8d6ae087f87036f9d6 (diff)
Remove hard sentence breaks, and some other cleanup along the way.
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diff --git a/sbin/atactl/atactl.8 b/sbin/atactl/atactl.8
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+++ 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.