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authorZdenek Kabelac <zkabelac@redhat.com>2012-01-09 12:28:47 +0000
committerZdenek Kabelac <zkabelac@redhat.com>2012-01-09 12:28:47 +0000
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Improve readahead in dmsetup man page
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-rw-r--r--man/dmsetup.8.in16
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/dmsetup.8.in b/man/dmsetup.8.in
index 35158484..f3e230c2 100644
--- a/man/dmsetup.8.in
+++ b/man/dmsetup.8.in
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ dmsetup \- low level logical volume management
.RS
.IR table_file ]
.RB [{ \-\-addnodeoncreate | \-\-addnodeonresume }]
+.RB [ \-\-readahead
+.RI [ \+ ]< sectors >| auto | none ]
.RE
.br
.B dmsetup deps
@@ -85,6 +87,10 @@ dmsetup \- low level logical volume management
.B dmsetup resume
.I device_name
.RB [{ \-\-addnodeoncreate | \-\-addnodeonresume }]
+.RS
+.RB [ \-\-readahead
+.RI [ \+ ]< sectors >| auto | none ]
+.RE
.br
.B dmsetup setgeometry
.I device_name cyl head sect start
@@ -202,11 +208,11 @@ Specify which fields to display.
.TP
.IR \fB\-\-readahead \ [ \+ ]< sectors >| auto | none
Specify read ahead size in units of sectors.
-The default value is "auto" which allows the kernel to choose
-a suitable value automatically. The + prefix lets you
+The default value is \fIauto\fP which allows the kernel to choose
+a suitable value automatically. The \fI\+\fP prefix lets you
specify a minimum value which will not be used if it is
smaller than the value chosen by the kernel.
-"None" is equivalent to specifying zero.
+The value \fInone\fP is equivalent to specifying zero.
.TP
.BR \-r | \-\-readonly
Set the table being loaded read-only.
@@ -248,6 +254,8 @@ Destroys the table in the inactive table slot for device_name.
.RB [ \-\-notable | \-\-table
.RI < \fItable >| table_file ]
.RB [{ \-\-addnodeoncreate | \-\-addnodeonresume }]
+.RB [ \-\-readahead
+.RI [ + ]< sectors >| auto | none ]
.br
Creates a device with the given name.
If table_file or <table> is supplied, the table is loaded and made live.
@@ -402,6 +410,8 @@ After a uuid has been set it cannot be changed.
.B resume
.I device_name
.RB [{ \-\-addnodeoncreate | \-\-addnodeonresume }]
+.RB [ \-\-readahead
+.RI [ + ]< sectors >| auto | none ]
.br
Un-suspends a device.
If an inactive table has been loaded, it becomes live.