From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: zkabelac@sourceware.org Date: 9 Jan 2012 12:28:48 -0000 Subject: LVM2 ./WHATS_NEW_DM man/dmsetup.8.in Message-ID: <20120109122848.30047.qmail@sourceware.org> List-Id: To: lvm-devel@redhat.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit CVSROOT: /cvs/lvm2 Module name: LVM2 Changes by: zkabelac at sourceware.org 2012-01-09 12:28:47 Modified files: . : WHATS_NEW_DM man : dmsetup.8.in Log message: Improve readahead in dmsetup man page Patches: http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/LVM2/WHATS_NEW_DM.diff?cvsroot=lvm2&r1=1.527&r2=1.528 http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/LVM2/man/dmsetup.8.in.diff?cvsroot=lvm2&r1=1.47&r2=1.48 --- LVM2/WHATS_NEW_DM 2012/01/09 12:26:14 1.527 +++ LVM2/WHATS_NEW_DM 2012/01/09 12:28:47 1.528 @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ Version 1.02.68 - ================================== + Improve dmsetup man page about readahead parameter. Use sysfs to set/get of read-ahead setting if possible. Fix lvm2-monitor init script to use normalized output when using vgs. Add test for max length (DM_MAX_TYPE_NAME) of target type name. --- LVM2/man/dmsetup.8.in 2011/11/30 22:32:37 1.47 +++ LVM2/man/dmsetup.8.in 2012/01/09 12:28:47 1.48 @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ .RS .IR table_file ] .RB [{ \-\-addnodeoncreate | \-\-addnodeonresume }] +.RB [ \-\-readahead +.RI [ \+ ]< sectors >| auto | none ] .RE .br .B dmsetup deps @@ -85,6 +87,10 @@ .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 @@ .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 @@ .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 is supplied, the table is loaded and made live. @@ -402,6 +410,8 @@ .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.