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diff --git a/share/man/man4/options.4 b/share/man/man4/options.4 index cab70464833..a89b7a351b6 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/options.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/options.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: options.4,v 1.8 1998/03/16 07:44:52 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: options.4,v 1.9 1998/03/16 23:28:09 gene Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: options.4,v 1.21 1997/06/25 03:13:00 thorpej Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1998 Theo de Raadt @@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ compiler. On those architectures that support it, this enables binary compatibility with .At V.4 -(and thus also Solaris) -applications built for the same architecture. This option is -supported on the sparc and i386 architectures. +binaries built for the same architecture. This currently includes +the sparc, and i386. Possibly the most widely-known operating system +based on this binary architecture is Sun's Solaris 2.x. See .Xr compat_svr4 8 . .It Cd option COMPAT_LINUX @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ See .It Cd option COMPAT_ULTRIX On those architectures that support it, this enables binary compatibility with -.Em Ultrix +.Tn Ultrix applications built for the same architecture. This option is available on the little-endian MIPS platforms like the pmax and arc. See @@ -123,9 +123,10 @@ See .Xr compat_osf1 8 . .It Cd option COMPAT_NOMID Enable compatibility with a.out executables that lack a machine id. -On the i386, this includes NetBSD 0.8's ZMAGIC format, and 386BSD -and BSDI's QMAGIC, NMAGIC, and OMAGIC a.out formats. On the hp300 -this enables certain old 4.3BSD binaries to work as well. +On the i386, this includes NetBSD 0.8's ZMAGIC format, 386BSD and BSDI's +QMAGIC, NMAGIC, and OMAGIC a.out formats. On the hp300 and other m68k +architectures this permits +certain old 4.3BSD binaries to work, though it's use is discouraged now. .It Cd option COMPAT_43 Use of this option is discouraged. It enables compatibility with .Bx 4.3 . @@ -209,9 +210,11 @@ This is the most commonly used file system on the Linux operating system, and is provided here for compatibility. Some specific features of .Em EXT2FS -under linux, such as the behavior on errors are not implemented in the same -fashion. This file system can't be -used with uid_t or gid_t values greater than 65535. See +like the "behavior on errors" are not implemented. This file system can't be +used with uid_t or gid_t values greater than 65535. Also, the filesystem will not +function correctly on architectures with differing byte-orders. That is, +a big-endian machine will not be able to read an ext2fs filesystem created +on an i386 or other little-endian machine. See .Xr mount_ext2fs 8 for details. .It Cd option MFS @@ -221,10 +224,11 @@ This file system stores files in swappable memory, and produces notable performance improvements when it is used as the file store for .Pa /tmp -and similar file systems. See +or similar mount points. Unfortunately, it is known to contain some bugs +render it unstable, and it is not yet recommended for production. See .Xr mount_mfs 8 for details. -.It Cd option NFSCLIENT +.It Cd option NFS Include the client side of the .Em NFS (Network File System) remote file sharing protocol. @@ -235,20 +239,20 @@ work. See .Xr mount_nfs 8 and .Xr nfsiod 8 -for details. +for details on NFS. .It Cd option CD9660 Includes code for the ISO 9660 + Rock Ridge file system, which is the -standard file system on many CD-ROMs. Useful mostly if you have a CD +standard file system used on many CD-ROMs. It is useful mostly if you have a CD drive. See .Xr mount_cd9660 8 for details. .It Cd option MSDOSFS -Includes the +Includes support for the .Tn MS-DOS FAT file system. -This also impliments the +The kernel also implements the .Tn Windows 95 -extensions which permit the use of longer, mixed case file names. +extensions which permit the use of longer, mixed-case file names. See .Xr mount_msdos 8 and @@ -263,10 +267,10 @@ See .Xr mount_fdesc 8 for details. Note that this facility is redundant, and thus unneeded on most +.Ox systems, since the .Xr fd 4 -pseudodevice driver already provides identical functionality. -On most +pseudodevice driver already provides identical functionality. On most systems, instances of .Xr fd 4 are mknoded under @@ -290,7 +294,7 @@ Includes code for a loopback file system. This permits portions of the file hierarchy to be re-mounted in other places. The code really exists to provide an example of a stackable file system layer. See .Xr mount_null 8 -for details. +for details. Most .It Cd option PORTAL Includes the (experimental) portal filesystem. This permits interesting tricks like opening TCP sockets by opening files in the @@ -312,7 +316,7 @@ for details. .It Cd option UMAPFS Includes a loopback file system in which user and group ids may be remapped -- this can be useful when mounting alien file systems with -different uids and gids than the local system. +different uids and gids than the local system (eg, remote NFS). See See .Xr mount_umap 8 for details. @@ -322,7 +326,8 @@ be mounted on top of each other in such a way that both file systems remain visible -- this permits tricks like allowing writing (and the deleting of files) on a read-only file system like a CD-ROM by mounting a local writable file system on top of the read-only file -system. See +system. This filesystem is still experimental and is known to be somewhat +unstable. See .Xr mount_union 8 for details. .El @@ -349,6 +354,7 @@ for details. Enables kernel support for file system quotas. See .Xr quotaon 8 , .Xr edquota 8 , +.Xr repquota 8 , and .Xr quota 1 for details. Note that quotas only work on @@ -358,11 +364,11 @@ file systems, although permits them to be accessed over .Em NFS . .It Cd option FIFO -Augments the system to permit the use of +Adds support for .At V style FIFOs (i.e. .Dq named pipes -). This option is recommended. +). This option is recommended in almost all cases as many programs use these. .It Cd option NVNODE=integer This option sets the size of the cache used by the name-to-inode translation routines, (a.k.a. the @@ -390,11 +396,11 @@ they can't be cleared if the securelevel is greater than 0. See also .Ss Miscellaneous Options .Bl -ohang .It Cd option LKM -Enable loadable kernel modules. See +Enable support for loadable kernel modules. See .Xr lkm 4 for details. .Em NOTE: -not available on all architectures. +This option is not yet available on all architectures. .It Cd option INSECURE Hardwires the kernel security level at -1. This means that the system always runs in secure level 0 mode, even when running multiuser. See @@ -534,12 +540,17 @@ for details. Include support for OSI tunneling over IP. .It Cd option CCITT,LLC,HDLC Include support for the X.25 protocol stack. -The state of this code is currently unknown, and probably contains +The state of this code is currently unknown. It probably contains bugs. .It Cd option IPX,IPXIP -Include support for Internetwork Packet Exchange protocol. +Include support for Internetwork Packet Exchange protocol commonly in +use by +.Tn Novell NetWare . .It Cd option NETATALK -Include support for AppleTalk. +Include kernel support for the AppleTalk family of protocols. This suite +of supporting code is sometimes called +.Em netatalk +support. .It Cd option TCP_COMPAT_42 Use of this option is .Em extremely @@ -699,8 +710,6 @@ between 5% and 10% of total available RAM. .Xr ns 4 , .Xr iso 4 , .Xr mrouted 8 , -.Xr mount_lfs 8 , -.Xr newlfs 8 , .Xr mount_mfs 8 , .Xr mount_nfs 8 , .Xr mount_cd9660 8 , @@ -722,7 +731,7 @@ between 5% and 10% of total available RAM. The .Nm man page first appeared in -.Nx 1.3 . +.Ox 2.3 . .Sh BUGS The .Em INET |