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Diffstat (limited to 'sys-utils/blkzone.8')
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diff --git a/sys-utils/blkzone.8 b/sys-utils/blkzone.8 index 6394ed274..24b0cc7bd 100644 --- a/sys-utils/blkzone.8 +++ b/sys-utils/blkzone.8 @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ blkzone \- run zone command on a device .SH DESCRIPTION .B blkzone is used to run zone command on device that support the Zoned Block Commands -(ZBC) or Zoned-device ATA Commands (ZAC). The zones are addresses by the offset -and length options. +(ZBC) or Zoned-device ATA Commands (ZAC). The zones to operate on can be +specified using the offset and length options. .PP The .I device @@ -40,15 +40,15 @@ type:Zone type .TS tab(:); left l l. -Cl:closed -cv:conventional zone -e0:empty -fu:full -Oe:open explicit -Oi:open implicit -OL:offline -ro:read only -x?:reserved conditions (should not be reported) +cl:Closed +nw:Not write pointer +em:Empty +fu:Full +oe:Explicitly opened +oi:Implicitly opened +ol:Offline +ro:Read only +x?:Reserved conditions (should not be reported) .TE .SS reset @@ -56,23 +56,20 @@ The command \fBblkzone reset\fP is used to reset one or more zones. Unlike .BR sg_reset_wp (8) , this command operates from the block layer and can reset a range of zones. .PP -By default, the command will operate on the zone at device logical -sector 0. Options may be used to modify this behavior as well as specify the -operation to be performed on the zone, as explained below. +By default, the command will operate from the zone at device logical +sector 0 and reset all zones. Options may be used to modify this behavior +as well as specify the operation to be performed on the zone, as explained below. .PP -The default number of zones (options \fB\-\-length\fP) is 4096, the maximum 65536. +The default number of zones (option \fB\-\-length\fP) is all zones. .SH OPTIONS The -.I sector -and -.I count -option arguments may be followed by the multiplicative suffixes KiB (=1024), +.I offset +option argument may be followed by the multiplicative suffixes KiB (=1024), MiB (=1024*1024), and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB (the "iB" is optional, e.g., "K" has the same meaning as "KiB") or the suffixes KB (=1000), MB (=1000*1000), and so on for GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB and YB. -Additionally, the 0x prefix can be used to specify \fIsector\fR and -\fIcount\fR in hex. +Additionally, the 0x prefix can be used to specify \fIoffset\fR in hex. .TP .BR \-o , " \-\-offset "\fIsector\fP The starting zone specified as a sector offset. The provided offset in sector |