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diff --git a/share/man/man4/Makefile b/share/man/man4/Makefile index d303e285b75..34f105a22f9 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man4/Makefile @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.20 1995/11/28 08:03:22 jtc Exp $ +# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.21 1995/12/30 18:10:47 thorpej Exp $ # @(#)Makefile 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/18/93 MAN= audio.4 bpf.4 ccd.4 clnp.4 cltp.4 ddb.4 drum.4 esis.4 fd.4 icmp.4 \ idp.4 imp.4 inet.4 ip.4 iso.4 lkm.4 lo.4 netintro.4 ns.4 nsip.4 \ - null.4 pty.4 route.4 spp.4 tb.4 tcp.4 termios.4 tty.4 tp.4 udp.4 unix.4 + null.4 pty.4 route.4 spp.4 tb.4 tcp.4 termios.4 tty.4 tp.4 udp.4 \ + unix.4 vnd.4 MLINKS+=fd.4 stderr.4 fd.4 stdin.4 fd.4 stdout.4 MLINKS+=netintro.4 networking.4 SUBDIR= man4.amiga man4.atari man4.hp300 man4.i386 man4.mac68k man4.pc532 \ diff --git a/share/man/man4/vnd.4 b/share/man/man4/vnd.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..3b2ae76dd2d --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/vnd.4 @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: vnd.4,v 1.1 1995/12/30 18:10:48 thorpej Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Jason R. Thorpe. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed for the NetBSD Project +.\" by Jason R. Thorpe. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the author nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, +.\" BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; +.\" LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED +.\" AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, +.\" OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd December 30, 1995 +.Dt VND 4 +.Os NetBSD +.Sh NAME +.Nm vnd +.Nd Vnode Disk Driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "pseudo-device vnd 4" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides a disk-like interface to a file. This is useful for +a variety of applications, including swap files and building miniroot +or floppy disk images. +.Pp +This document assumes that you're familiar with how to generate kernels, +how to properly configure disks and pseudo-devices in a kernel +configuration file. +.Pp +In order to compile in support for the vnd, you must add a line similar +to the following to your kernel configuration file: +.Bd -unfilled -offset indent +pseudo-device vnd 4 # vnode disk driver +.Ed +.Pp +The count argument is how many +.Nm vnds +memory is allocated for a boot time. In this example, no more than 4 +.Nm vnds +may be configured. +.Pp +There is a run-time utility that is used for configuring +.Nm vnds . +See +.Xr vnconfig 8 +for more information. +.Sh BUGS +The +.Nm +driver does not work if the file does not reside in a local filesystem. +.Sh FILES +/dev/{,r}vnd* - vnd device special files. +.Pp +.Sh HISTORY +The vnode disk driver was originally written at the University of +Utah. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr MAKEDEV 8 , +.Xr config 8 , +.Xr config.old 8 , +.Xr fsck 8 , +.Xr mount 8 , +.Xr newfs 8 , +.Xr vnconfig 8 . |