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authorAdam Buchbinder <adam.buchbinder@gmail.com>2009-03-16 16:22:53 -0400
committerKay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>2009-03-16 23:10:15 +0100
commit9a2773c4a42bf36fc5122a42229530e421bc51c3 (patch)
tree2fcb62a26150b428dfbb8d049ca85aa464424c06
parent57a9e68eb7862c14ba7694ff9a0e253f40f97feb (diff)
create_floppy_devices: expand manpage
Include a table of what the CMOS types are, and note that nothing will be created unless the -t option is specified. Also clean up the formatting and bump the date. Signed-off-by: Adam Buchbinder <adam.buchbinder@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--extras/floppy/create_floppy_devices.845
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/extras/floppy/create_floppy_devices.8 b/extras/floppy/create_floppy_devices.8
index 332110ab31..2727fc84a0 100644
--- a/extras/floppy/create_floppy_devices.8
+++ b/extras/floppy/create_floppy_devices.8
@@ -1,34 +1,45 @@
-.TH CREATE_FLOPPY_DEVICES 8 "May 2007" "" "Linux Administrator's Manual"
+.TH CREATE_FLOPPY_DEVICES 8 "January 2009" "" "Linux Administrator's Manual"
.SH NAME
-create_floppy_devices \- udev callout to create all possible floppy device
+create_floppy_devices \- udev callout to create all possible floppy devices
based on the CMOS type.
.SH SYNOPSIS
-create_floppy_devices [options] device
+create_floppy_devices [\fIoptions\fP] \fIdevice\fP
.SH OPTIONS
+Note that no output will be produced unless the \fB-t\fP option is set.
.TP
-\fB\-c\fR
+.B -c
Create nodes.
.TP
-\fB\-u\fR
-Unlink nodes.
-.TP
-\fB\-d\fR
-Print nodes.
-.TP
-\fB\-m\fR <number>
+.B -d
+Print nodes to stdout.
+.TP
+.BI "-t " type
+Set CMOS floppy type. Type numbers are based on the six floppy types specified
+in the kernel's drivers/block/floppy.c, as follows.
+.TS
+lb lb
+l l.
+Type Device
+0 Unknown. (Produces no output.)
+1 5 1/4" 360KB PC
+2 5 1/4" HD AT
+3 3 1/2" DD
+4 3 1/2" HD
+5 3 1/2" ED
+6 Same as 5.
+.TE
+.TP
+.BI "-m " number
Set major number.
.TP
-\fB\-U\fR <owner>
+.BI "-U " user
Set user ownership.
.TP
-\fB\-G\fR <owner>
+.BI "-G " group
Set group ownership.
.TP
-\fB\-M\fR <mode>
+.BI "-M " mode
Set device node mode.
-.TP
-\fB\-t\fR <number>
-Set floppy type number.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR udev (7)
.SH AUTHORS