Index: sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 =================================================================== --- sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 +++ sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 @@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd November 30, 2013 +.Dd July 25, 2015 .Dt MDCONFIG 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm mdconfig -.Nd configure and enable memory disks +.Nd configure memory disks .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Fl a @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -utility configures and enables +utility is used to configure .Xr md 4 devices. .Pp @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ .Fl o Cm reserve option is not set, creating and filling a large malloc-backed memory disk is a very easy way to -panic a system. +panic the system. .It Cm vnode A file specified with .Fl f Ar file @@ -164,11 +164,6 @@ .Cm t which denotes byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte and terabyte respectively. -The -.Fl a -and -.Fl t Ar swap -options are implied if not specified. .It Fl S Ar sectorsize Sectorsize to use for the memory disk, in bytes. .It Fl x Ar sectors/track @@ -206,6 +201,11 @@ .It Oo Cm no Oc Ns Cm force Disable/enable extra sanity checks to prevent the user from doing something that might adversely affect the system. +This can be used with the +.Fl u +flag, to forcibly destroy an +.Xr md 4 +disk that is still in use. .It Oo Cm no Oc Ns Cm readonly Enable/disable readonly mode. .El @@ -227,66 +227,55 @@ .Fl t Ar vnode .Fl f Ar file . .Sh EXAMPLES -Create a 4 megabyte -.Xr malloc 9 -backed memory disk. +Create a disk with /tmp/boot.flp as backing storage. The name of the allocated unit will be printed on stdout, such as -.Dq Li md3 : +.Dq Li md0 : .Pp -.Dl mdconfig -a -t malloc -s 4m +.Dl mdconfig /tmp/boot.flp .Pp -Create a disk named -.Pa /dev/md4 -with -.Pa /tmp/boot.flp -as backing storage: +Create a 1 gigabyte +.Cm swap +backed memory disk named +.Dq Li md3 : .Pp -.Dl mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /tmp/boot.flp -u md4 +.Dl mdconfig -s 1g -u md3 .Pp Detach and free all resources used by -.Pa /dev/md4 : +.Pa /dev/md3 : +.Pp +.Dl mdconfig -du md3 +.Pp +Show detailed information on currently configured memory disks: +.Pp +.Dl mdconfig -lv .Pp -.Dl mdconfig -d -u md4 +Resize the +.Dq Li md3 +memory disk to 2 gigabytes: .Pp -Create a 128MByte swap backed disk, initialize an +.Dl mdconfig -rs 2g -u md3 +.Pp +Create a 1 gigabyte +.Cm swap +backed disk, initialize an .Xr ffs 7 file system on it, and mount it on .Pa /tmp : .Bd -literal -offset indent -mdconfig -a -t swap -s 128M -u md10 +mdconfig -s 1g -u md10 newfs -U /dev/md10 mount /dev/md10 /tmp chmod 1777 /tmp .Ed .Pp -Create a 5MB file-backed disk -.Po Fl a -and -.Fl t Ar vnode -are implied -.Pc : -.Bd -literal -offset indent -dd if=/dev/zero of=somebackingfile bs=1k count=5k -mdconfig -f somebackingfile -u md0 -bsdlabel -w md0 auto -newfs md0c -mount /dev/md0c /mnt -.Ed -.Pp -Create an -.Xr md 4 -device out of an ISO 9660 CD image file -.Po Fl a -and -.Fl t Ar vnode -are implied -.Pc , using the first available +Create a memory disk out of an ISO 9660 CD image file, +using the first available .Xr md 4 -device, and then mount the new memory disk: +device, and then mount it: .Bd -literal -offset indent -mount -t cd9660 /dev/`mdconfig -f cdimage.iso` /mnt -.Pp +mount -t cd9660 /dev/`mdconfig cdimage.iso` /mnt .Ed +.Pp Create a file-backed device from a hard disk image that begins with 512K of raw header information. .Xr gnop 8 @@ -294,7 +283,7 @@ .Pa md1.nop to the start of the filesystem in the image. .Bd -literal -offset indent -mdconfig -f diskimage.img -u md1 +mdconfig -u md1 diskimage.img gnop create -o 512K md1 mount /dev/md1.nop /mnt .Ed