Module Name:src
Committed By: uwe
Date: Mon Apr 24 00:07:04 UTC 2023
Modified Files:
src/usr.bin/rump_allserver: rump_allserver.1
Log Message:
rump_allserver(1): fix markup, clarify
Reorder text for the -d option to hopefully make it easier to follow.
Clarify that the "disklabel" keyword takes partion letter (from RTFS).
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.23 -r1.24 src/usr.bin/rump_allserver/rump_allserver.1
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Index: src/usr.bin/rump_allserver/rump_allserver.1
diff -u src/usr.bin/rump_allserver/rump_allserver.1:1.23 src/usr.bin/rump_allserver/rump_allserver.1:1.24
--- src/usr.bin/rump_allserver/rump_allserver.1:1.23 Thu Nov 5 14:02:07 2015
+++ src/usr.bin/rump_allserver/rump_allserver.1 Mon Apr 24 00:07:04 2023
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: rump_allserver.1,v 1.23 2015/11/05 14:02:07 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: rump_allserver.1,v 1.24 2023/04/24 00:07:04 uwe Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Antti Kantee. All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd January 15, 2014
+.Dd April 24, 2023
.Dt RUMP_SERVER 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ provides all rump kernel components whic
system was built.
At execution time it is possible to load components from the command
line as described in the options section.
-.Bl -tag -width indent
+.Bl -tag -width Fl
.It Fl c Ar ncpu
Configure
.Ar ncpu
@@ -75,76 +75,91 @@ maps a host file in the rump kernel fs n
The string
.Ar drivespec
must be of comma-separated
-.Dq name=value
+.Sm off
+.Ar name\^ Li = Ar value
+.Sm on
format and must contain the following tokens:
-.Bl -tag -width hostpath1234
-.It Ar key
+.
+.Bl -tag -width Ic -offset indent
+.
+.It Ic key
Block device path in rump kernel namespace.
This must be specified according to the rules for a key in
.Xr rump_etfs 3 .
-.It Ar hostpath
+.
+.It Ic hostpath
Host file used for storage.
If the file does not exist, it will be created.
-.It Ar size
-Size of the mapping.
-Similar to
-.Xr dd 1 ,
-this argument accepts a suffix as the multiplier for the number.
-The special value
-.Dq host
-indicates that the current size of
-.Ar hostpath
-will be used.
-In this case it is assumed that
-.Ar hostpath
-exists and is a regular file.
-.It OR
-.It Ar disklabel
-Use a disklabel partition identifier to specify the offset and size
-of the mapping.
-.Ar hostpath
-must contain an existing and valid disklabel within the first 64k.
.El
+.
.Pp
-The following are optional:
-.Bl -tag -width hostpath1234
-.It Ar offset
-Offset of the mapping.
-The window into
-.Ar hostpath
-therefore is
-.Fa [ offset , offset+size ] .
-In case this parameter is not given, the default value 0 is used.
-.It Ar type
The type of file that
-.Ar key
-is exposed as within the rump kernel.
-The possibilities are
-.Dq blk ,
-.Dq chr ,
+.Ic key
+is exposed as within the rump kernel is specified with:
+.
+.Bl -tag -width Ic -offset indent
+.It Ic type
+Possible values are
+.Ql blk ,
+.Ql chr ,
and
-.Dq reg
+.Ql reg
for block device, character device and regular file, respectively.
-The default is a block device.
+The default is a block device
+.Pq Ql blk .
.Pp
-Note: the contents of block devices are cached in the rump kernel's
+.Sy Note :
+the contents of block devices are cached in the rump kernel's
buffer cache.
To avoid cache incoherency, it is advisable not to access a file
through the host namespace while it is mapped as a block device in
a rump kernel.
.El
+.
+.Pp
+For block and character devices the
+.Bq Va offset Ns \&,\~ Ns Va offset Ns + Ns Va size
+region of the file must be specified with:
+.
+.Bl -tag -width Ic -offset indent
+.
+.It Ic disklabel
+Use a disklabel partition letter to specify the offset and size
+of the mapping.
+.Ic hostpath
+must contain a valid disklabel within the first 64k.
+.
+.It Ic offset
+Offset of the mapping.
+The default is 0.
+.
+.It Ic size
+Size of the mapping.
+Similar to
+.Xr dd 1 ,
+this argument accepts a suffix as the multiplier for the number.
+The special value
+.Ql host
+indicates that the current size of
+.Ic hostpath
+will be used.
+In this case it is assumed that
+.Ic hostpath
+exists and is a regular file.
+.El
+.
.Pp
In case
-.Ar hostpath
+.Ic hostpath
does not exist, it will be created as a regular file with mode
0644 (plus any restrictions placed by umask).
In case
-.Ar hostpath
+.Ic hostpath
is a regular file and is not large enough to accommodate the
specified size, it will be extended to the specified size.
.It Fl l Ar library
Call
-.Fn dlopen
+.Xr dlopen 3
on library before initializing the rump kernel.
In case
.Ar library
@@ -163,13 +178,13 @@ error due to missing components.
To test a configuration, run
.Nm
with
-.Ev LD_BIND_NOW=1
-(see examples).
+.Ev LD_BIND_NOW Ns Li \&=1
+.Pq see Sx
