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authorKarel Zak2010-05-13 22:26:27 +0200
committerKarel Zak2010-05-13 23:27:22 +0200
commit0979291016877f5e85e1e8341279e4aea53dbe67 (patch)
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parentblkid: update man page/usage() (diff)
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blkid: add -i option to print I/O limits
blkid -i /dev/sdb /dev/sda /dev/sdb: MINIMUM_IO_SIZE="512" OPTIMAL_IO_SIZE="32768" PHYSICAL_SECTOR_SIZE="512" LOGICAL_SECTOR_SIZE="512" /dev/sda: MINIMUM_IO_SIZE="512" PHYSICAL_SECTOR_SIZE="512" LOGICAL_SECTOR_SIZE="512" Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'misc-utils/blkid.8')
-rw-r--r--misc-utils/blkid.823
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/misc-utils/blkid.8 b/misc-utils/blkid.8
index 339e1301b..810c128fc 100644
--- a/misc-utils/blkid.8
+++ b/misc-utils/blkid.8
@@ -50,6 +50,18 @@ blkid \- command\-line utility to locate/print block device attributes
.IR list ]
.I device
[\fIdevice\fR ...]
+.in -9
+
+.B blkid
+.RB -i
+.RB [ \-s
+.IR tag ]
+.RB [ \-o
+.IR format ]
+.RB [ \-s
+.IR tag ]
+.I device
+[\fIdevice\fR ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
@@ -85,6 +97,10 @@ devices which no longer exist.
.B \-h
Display a usage message and exit.
.TP
+.B \-i
+Display I/O Limits (aka I/O topology) information. This option could be used
+together with \fB-p\fR option.
+.TP
.B \-l
Look up one device that matches the search parameter specified using
the
@@ -141,7 +157,7 @@ print the value of the tags
.TP
.B list
print the devices in a user-friendly format, this output format is unsupported
-for low-level probing (\fB-p\fR)
+for low-level probing (\fB-p\fR or \fB-i\fR)
.TP
.B device
print the device name only, this output format is always enabled for \fB-L\fR
@@ -152,10 +168,11 @@ vol_id compatible mode; usable in udev rules
.RE
.TP
.BI \-O " offset"
-Probe at the given offset (only useful with \fB-p\fR).
+Probe at the given offset (only useful with \fB-p\fR). This option could be
+used together with \fB-i\fR option.
.TP
.BI \-p
-Switch to low-level probing mode (bypass cache)
+Switch to low-level superblock probing mode (bypass cache).
.TP
.BI \-s " tag"
For each (specified) device, show only the tags that match