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	.El			.El
	.Pp			.Pp
	Generic disk ID strings are exported as labels in the format			Generic disk ID strings are exported as labels in the format
	.Pa /dev/diskid/GEOM_CLASS-ident			.Pa /dev/diskid/GEOM_CLASS-ident
	e.g.			e.g.
	.Pa /dev/diskid/DISK-6QG3Z026 .			.Pa /dev/diskid/DISK-6QG3Z026 .
	.Pp			.Pp
	Generic labels created and managed solely by			Generic labels created and managed solely by
	.Xr glabel 8			.Nm
	are created in the			are created in the
	.Pa /dev/label/			.Pa /dev/label/
	directory.			directory.
	.Pp			.Pp
	Note that for all label types, nested GEOM classes will cause additional			Note that for all label types, nested GEOM classes will cause additional
	device nodes to be created, with context-specific data appended to their			device nodes to be created, with context-specific data appended to their
	names. E.g. for every node like			names.
				E.g. for every node like
	.Pa /dev/label/bigdisk			.Pa /dev/label/bigdisk
	there will be additional entries for any partitions which the device			there will be additional entries for any partitions which the device
	contains, like			contains, like
	.Pa /dev/label/bigdiskp1			.Pa /dev/label/bigdiskp1
	and			and
	.Pa /dev/label/bigdiskp1a .			.Pa /dev/label/bigdiskp1a .
	.Pp			.Pp
	The first argument to			The first argument to
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	maximum amount of debug information is printed.			maximum amount of debug information is printed.
	.El			.El
	.Bl -tag -width indent			.Bl -tag -width indent
	.It Va kern.geom.label.*.enable : No 1			.It Va kern.geom.label.*.enable : No 1
	Most			Most
	.Nm LABEL			.Nm LABEL
	providers implement a			providers implement a
	.Xr sysctl 8			.Xr sysctl 8
	flag and a tunable variable named in the above format. This flag			flag and a tunable variable named in the above format.
	controls if the label provider will be active, tasting devices			This flag controls if the label provider will be active, tasting devices
	and creating label nodes in the			and creating label nodes in the
	.Xr devfs 5			.Xr devfs 5
	tree. It is sometimes desirable to disable certain label types if			tree.
				It is sometimes desirable to disable certain label types if
	they conflict with other classes in complex GEOM topologies.			they conflict with other classes in complex GEOM topologies.
	.El			.El
	.Sh EXIT STATUS			.Sh EXIT STATUS
	Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command fails.			Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command fails.
	.Sh EXAMPLES			.Sh EXAMPLES
	The following example shows how to set up a label for disk			The following example shows how to set up a label for disk
	.Dq Li da2 ,			.Dq Li da2 ,
	create a file system on it, and mount it:			create a file system on it, and mount it:
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