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authorThierry Deval <tdeval@cvs.openbsd.org>2002-02-18 22:57:06 +0000
committerThierry Deval <tdeval@cvs.openbsd.org>2002-02-18 22:57:06 +0000
commita9e1fe3799a48faf24e9ec0181ac7a765cd67d1e (patch)
tree123908b14f40dd7fa2f2417be31672680afa27a4 /sbin/raidctl/raidctl.8
parent2dd018bd098b1e2e8d3ead3bce267c70565b9ae7 (diff)
sync SYNOPSIS with usage:
and some cleanups
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diff --git a/sbin/raidctl/raidctl.8 b/sbin/raidctl/raidctl.8
index 75306db11c5..795ef13295b 100644
--- a/sbin/raidctl/raidctl.8
+++ b/sbin/raidctl/raidctl.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: raidctl.8,v 1.22 2002/02/17 20:23:36 tdeval Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: raidctl.8,v 1.23 2002/02/18 22:57:05 tdeval Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: raidctl.8,v 1.24 2001/07/10 01:30:52 lukem Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1998 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -70,59 +70,12 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm raidctl
.Op Fl v
-.Fl a Ar component Ar dev
-.Nm raidctl
-.Op Fl v
-.Fl A Op yes | no | root
+.Op Fl afFgrR Ar component
+.Op Fl BGipPsSu
+.Op Fl cC Ar config_file
+.Op Fl A Op yes | no | root
+.Op Fl I Ar serial_number
.Ar dev
-.Nm raidctl
-.Op Fl v
-.Fl B Ar dev | Ic all
-.Nm raidctl
-.Op Fl v
-.Fl c Ar config_file Ar dev
-.Nm raidctl
-.Op Fl v
-.Fl C Ar config_file Ar dev
-.Nm raidctl
-.Op Fl v
-.Fl f Ar component Ar dev
-.Nm raidctl
-.Op Fl v
-.Fl F Ar component Ar dev
-.Nm raidctl
-.Op Fl v
-.Fl g Ar component Ar dev
-.Nm raidctl
-.Op Fl v
-.Fl G Ar dev | Ic all
-.Nm raidctl
-.Op Fl v
-.Fl i Ar dev | Ic all
-.Nm raidctl
-.Op Fl v
-.Fl I Ar serial_number Ar dev
-.Nm raidctl
-.Op Fl v
-.Fl p Ar dev | Ic all
-.Nm raidctl
-.Op Fl v
-.Fl P Ar dev | Ic all
-.Nm raidctl
-.Op Fl v
-.Fl r Ar component Ar dev
-.Nm raidctl
-.Op Fl v
-.Fl R Ar component Ar dev
-.Nm raidctl
-.Op Fl v
-.Fl s Ar dev | Ic all
-.Nm raidctl
-.Op Fl v
-.Fl S Ar dev | Ic all
-.Nm raidctl
-.Op Fl v
-.Fl u Ar dev | Ic all
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is the user-land control program for
@@ -136,6 +89,31 @@ devices. For more information about the RAIDframe disk device, see
This document assumes the reader has at least rudimentary knowledge of
RAID and RAID concepts.
.Pp
+The device used by
+.Nm
+is specified by
+.Ar dev .
+.Ar dev
+may be either the full name of the device, e.g. /dev/rraid0c,
+or just simply raid0 (for /dev/rraid0c).
+.Pp
+For several commands (
+.Fl BGipPsSu
+),
+.Nm
+can accept the word
+.Ic all
+as the
+.Ar dev
+argument.
+If
+.Ic all
+is used,
+.Nm
+will execute the requested action for all the configured
+.Xr raid 4
+devices.
+.Pp
The command-line options for
.Nm
are as follows:
@@ -162,7 +140,7 @@ will
the use of the boot disk as the root device. All components of the
set must be of type RAID in the disklabel. Note that the kernel being
booted must currently reside on a non-RAID set.
-.It Fl B Ar dev | Ic all
+.It Fl B Ar dev
Initiate a copyback of reconstructed data from a spare disk to
its original disk. This is performed after a component has failed,
and the failed drive has been reconstructed onto a spare drive.
@@ -192,14 +170,14 @@ disk onto an available hot spare. This is one of the mechanisms used to start
the reconstruction process if a component does have a hardware failure.
.It Fl g Ar component Ar dev
Get the component label for the specified component.
-.It Fl G Ar dev | Ic all
+.It Fl G Ar dev
Generate the configuration of the RAIDframe device in a format suitable for
use with
.Nm
.Fl c
or
.Fl C .
-.It Fl i Ar dev | Ic all
+.It Fl i Ar dev
Initialize the RAID device. In particular, (re-write) the parity on
the selected device. This
.Ar MUST
@@ -216,10 +194,10 @@ strictly enforced, different serial numbers should be used for
different RAID sets. This step
.Ar MUST
be performed when a new RAID set is created.
-.It Fl p Ar dev | Ic all
+.It Fl p Ar dev
Check the status of the parity on the RAID set. Displays a status
message, and returns successfully if the parity is up-to-date.
-.It Fl P Ar dev | Ic all
+.It Fl P Ar dev
Check the status of the parity on the RAID set, and initialize
(re-write) the parity if the parity is not known to be up-to-date.
This is normally used after a system crash (and before a
@@ -236,43 +214,20 @@ if necessary, and immediately begins a reconstruction back to
.Ar component .
This is useful for reconstructing back onto a component after
it has been replaced following a failure.
-.It Fl s Ar dev | Ic all
+.It Fl s Ar dev
Display the status of the RAIDframe device for each of the components
and spares.
-.It Fl S Ar dev | Ic all
+.It Fl S Ar dev
Check the status of parity re-writing, component reconstruction, and
component copyback. The output indicates the amount of progress
achieved in each of these areas.
-.It Fl u Ar dev | Ic all
+.It Fl u Ar dev
Unconfigure the RAIDframe device.
.It Fl v
Be more verbose. For operations such as reconstructions, parity
re-writing, and copybacks, provide a progress indicator.
.El
.Pp
-The device used by
-.Nm
-is specified by
-.Ar dev .
-.Ar dev
-may be either the full name of the device, e.g. /dev/rraid0c,
-or just simply raid0 (for /dev/rraid0c).
-.Pp
-For several commands,
-.Nm
-can accept the word
-.Ic all
-as the
-.Ar dev
-argument.
-If
-.Ic all
-is used,
-.Nm
-will execute the requested action for all the configured
-.Xr raid 4
-devices.
-.Pp
.Ss Configuration file
The format of the configuration file is complex, and
only an abbreviated treatment is given here. In the configuration