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@ 2008-10-28 23:10 Kel Modderman
  2008-11-12  5:28 ` Tejun Heo
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From: Kel Modderman @ 2008-10-28 23:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-ide

Add a manual page for storage-fixup script. Description snagged from the wiki.

Signed-off-by: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
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+.TH STORAGE_FIXUP 8 "2008" "storage-fixup" "Linux"
+.SH NAME
+storage\-fixup \- a script which applies a workaround to buggy ata devices
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B storage\-fixup
+.RI "[-h] [-V] [-q] [-v] [-b] [-c config_file] [-m max_devs]"
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+Script to issue fix up commands for weird disks. This is primarily
+to adjust ATA APM setting. Some laptop BIOSen set this value too
+aggressively causing frequent head unloads which can kill the drive
+quickly. This script should be called during boot and resume. It
+examines rules from \fI/etc/storage\-fixup.conf\fR and executes matching
+commands.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.I \-h
+Print help message and exit
+.TP
+.I \-V
+Print version and exit
+.TP
+.I \-q
+Quiet mode
+.TP
+.I \-v
+Verbose mode
+.TP
+.I \-d
+Dry run, don't actually execute action
+.TP
+.I \-c "config_file"
+Use config_file instead of /etc/storage-fixup.conf
+.TP
+.I \-m "max_devs"
+Maximum number of allowed devices (default=64, 0 for unlimited)
+.SH FILES
+.I /etc/storage\-fixup.conf
+.SH SEE ALSO
+hdparm(8) dmidecode(8)
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