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| author | Adam Buchbinder <adam.buchbinder@gmail.com> | 2009-03-16 16:22:53 -0400 |
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| committer | Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> | 2009-03-16 23:10:15 +0100 |
| commit | 9a2773c4a42bf36fc5122a42229530e421bc51c3 (patch) | |
| tree | 2fcb62a26150b428dfbb8d049ca85aa464424c06 /extras/floppy | |
| parent | 57a9e68eb7862c14ba7694ff9a0e253f40f97feb (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>
Diffstat (limited to 'extras/floppy')
| -rw-r--r-- | extras/floppy/create_floppy_devices.8 | 45 |
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 |