Module Name: src
Committed By: kre
Date: Wed Jan 6 17:13:23 UTC 2021
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man4: dk.4
Log Message:
Minor grammar fix, more markup, and update date (Dd).
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.10 -r1.11 src/share/man/man4/dk.4
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diff -u src/share/man/man4/dk.4:1.10 src/share/man/man4/dk.4:1.11
--- src/share/man/man4/dk.4:1.10 Wed Jan 6 14:07:43 2021
+++ src/share/man/man4/dk.4 Wed Jan 6 17:13:23 2021
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: dk.4,v 1.10 2021/01/06 14:07:43 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: dk.4,v 1.11 2021/01/06 17:13:23 kre Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2006 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" Jonathan A. Kollasch used vnd(4) as the template for this man page.
.\"
-.Dd October 26, 2020
+.Dd January 6, 2021
.Dt DK 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Wedges may be configured manually with
.Xr dkctl 8
or automatically by the kernel upon the attachment of the physical disk.
.Pp
-Wedges needs to have a unique name.
+Wedges need to have a unique name.
If a duplicate name is detected during
auto-discovery, that partition is ignored.
.Sh KERNEL OPTIONS
@@ -77,13 +77,19 @@ that is not of type
.Dv FS_UNUSED ,
a wedge is created and named after the
.Va d_packname
-field followed by "/" and the partition letter a..p.
+field followed by
+.Sq \&/
+and the partition letter
+.So a Sc Ns \&.. Ns So p Sc Ns \&.
.Pp
When the
.Va d_packname
-is empty or has the value "fictitious", the regular partition names
+is empty or has the value
+.Do fictitious Dc Ns \&,
+the regular partition names
are used as wedge names, i.e. the device name, unit number and
-partition letter, for example "wd0a".
+partition letter, for example
+.Do wd0a Dc Ns \&.
.It Dv DKWEDGE_METHOD_GPT
Extensible Firmware Interface Globally Unique Identifier Partition Table
(GPT) detection method.
@@ -98,8 +104,12 @@ with support for Extended MBRs.
.Pp
For every partition in the MBR a wedge is created and named like a
regular partition name, i.e. the device name, unit number and a
-partition letter, for example "wd0e".
-Primary partitions start with "e", extended partitions start with "i".
+partition letter, for example
+.Do wd0e Dc Ns \&.
+Primary partitions start with
+.So e Sc Ns \&,
+extended partitions start with
+.So i Sc Ns \&.
.It Dv DKWEDGE_METHOD_RDB
Amiga Rigid Disk Block (RDB) partitioning detection method.
.It Dv DKWEDGE_METHOD_APPLE
