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Fix a couple of style issues. Tweak grammar and markup while here.
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.\"
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd June 21, 2008
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.Dd March 21, 2012
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.Dt MDCONFIG 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ parameters specified and attach it to the system.
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Detach a memory disk from the system and release all resources.
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.It Fl t Ar type
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Select the type of the memory disk.
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.Bl -tag -width "preload"
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.Bl -tag -width "malloc"
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.It Cm malloc
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Storage for this type of memory disk is allocated with
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.Xr malloc 9 .
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@ -104,31 +104,35 @@ becomes the backing store for this memory disk.
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.It Cm swap
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Storage for this type of memory disk is allocated from buffer
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memory.
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Pages get pushed out to the swap when the system is under memory
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Pages get pushed out to swap when the system is under memory
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pressure, otherwise they stay in the operating memory.
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Using
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.Cm swap
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backing is generally preferable over
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backing is generally preferred instead of using
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.Cm malloc
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backing.
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.El
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.It Fl f Ar file
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Filename to use for the vnode type memory disk. Options
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Filename to use for the vnode type memory disk.
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The
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.Fl a
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and
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.Fl t Ar vnode
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are implied if not specified.
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options are implied if not specified.
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.It Fl l
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List configured devices.
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If given with
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.Fl u ,
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display details about that particular device.
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If
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If the
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.Fl v
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option specified, show all details.
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option is specified, show all details.
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.It Fl n
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When printing md device names, print only the unit number without the
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md prefix.
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When printing
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.Xr md 4
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device names, print only the unit number without the
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.Xr md 4
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prefix.
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.It Fl s Ar size
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Size of the memory disk.
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.Ar Size
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@ -137,11 +141,12 @@ is the number of 512 byte sectors unless suffixed with a
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or
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.Cm t
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which
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denotes byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte and terabyte respectively. Options
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denotes byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte and terabyte respectively.
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The
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.Fl a
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and
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.Fl t Ar swap
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are implied if not specified.
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options are implied if not specified.
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.It Fl S Ar sectorsize
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Sectorsize to use for malloc backed device.
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.It Fl x Ar sectors/track
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@ -175,12 +180,12 @@ Allocate and reserve all needed storage from the start, rather than as needed.
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.It Oo Cm no Oc Ns Cm cluster
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Enable clustering on this disk.
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.It Oo Cm no Oc Ns Cm compress
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Enable/Disable compression features to reduce memory usage.
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Enable/disable compression features to reduce memory usage.
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.It Oo Cm no Oc Ns Cm force
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Disable/Enable extra sanity checks to prevent the user from doing something
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Disable/enable extra sanity checks to prevent the user from doing something
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that might adversely affect the system.
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.It Oo Cm no Oc Ns Cm readonly
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Enable/Disable readonly mode.
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Enable/disable readonly mode.
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.El
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.It Fl u Ar unit
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Request a specific unit number for the
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@ -197,15 +202,15 @@ is provided for convenience as an abbreviation of
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.Fl t Ar vnode
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.Fl f Ar file .
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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To create a 4 megabyte
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Create a 4 megabyte
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.Xr malloc 9
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backed memory disk.
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The name of the allocated unit will be output on stdout like
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The name of the allocated unit will be printed on stdout, such as
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.Dq Li md3 :
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.Pp
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.Dl mdconfig -a -t malloc -s 4m
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.Pp
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To create a disk named
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Create a disk named
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.Pa /dev/md4
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with
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.Pa /tmp/boot.flp
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@ -213,12 +218,12 @@ as backing storage:
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.Pp
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.Dl mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /tmp/boot.flp -u 4
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.Pp
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To detach and free all resources used by
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Detach and free all resources used by
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.Pa /dev/md4 :
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.Pp
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.Dl mdconfig -d -u 4
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.Pp
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To create a 128MByte swap backed disk, initialize an
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Create a 128MByte swap backed disk, initialize an
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.Xr ffs 7
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file system on it, and mount it on
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.Pa /tmp :
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@ -229,7 +234,7 @@ mount /dev/md10 /tmp
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chmod 1777 /tmp
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.Ed
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.Pp
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To create a 5MB file-backed disk
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Create a 5MB file-backed disk
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.Ns ( Fl a
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and
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.Fl t Ar vnode
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@ -242,7 +247,7 @@ newfs md0c
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mount /dev/md0c /mnt
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.Ed
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.Pp
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To create an
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Create an
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.Xr md 4
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device out of an ISO 9660 CD image file
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.Ns ( Fl a
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