From e71040ce582f61c1d57a61773a7624dd287671d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benno Schulenberg Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 10:39:11 +0100 Subject: lscpu: improve spacing and spelling in the man page Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg --- sys-utils/lscpu.1 | 24 ++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'sys-utils/lscpu.1') diff --git a/sys-utils/lscpu.1 b/sys-utils/lscpu.1 index 26487d23f..35dfe7f87 100644 --- a/sys-utils/lscpu.1 +++ b/sys-utils/lscpu.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH LSCPU 1 "January 2013" "util-linux" "User Commands" +.TH LSCPU 1 "November 2015" "util-linux" "User Commands" .SH NAME lscpu \- display information about the CPU architecture .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -10,33 +10,33 @@ lscpu \- display information about the CPU architecture .SH DESCRIPTION .B lscpu gathers CPU architecture information from sysfs, /proc/cpuinfo and any -applicable architecture-specific libraries (e.g. librtas on Powerpc). The +applicable architecture-specific libraries (e.g.\& librtas on Powerpc). The command output can be optimized for parsing or for easy readability by humans. The information includes, for example, the number of CPUs, threads, cores, sockets, and Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) nodes. There is also information about the CPU caches and cache sharing, family, model, bogoMIPS, byte order, and stepping. - +.sp In virtualized environments, the CPU architecture information displayed reflects the configuration of the guest operating system which is -typically different from the physical (host) system. On architectures that -support retreiving physical topology information, +typically different from the physical (host) system. On architectures that +support retrieving physical topology information, .B lscpu also displays the number of physical sockets, chips, cores in the host system. - +.sp Options that result in an output table have a \fIlist\fP argument. Use this argument to customize the command output. Specify a comma-separated list of column labels to limit the output table to only the specified columns, arranged in the specified order. See \fBCOLUMNS\fP for a list of valid column labels. The column labels are not case sensitive. - +.sp Not all columns are supported on all architectures. If an unsupported column is specified, \fBlscpu\fP prints the column but does not provide any data for it. .SS COLUMNS -Note that topology elements (core, socket, etc.) use sequential unique ID -starting from zero, but CPU logical numbers follow kernel where is no guarantee -of the sequential numbering. +Note that topology elements (core, socket, etc.) use a sequential unique ID +starting from zero, but CPU logical numbers follow the kernel where there is +no guarantee of sequential numbering. .TP .B CPU The logical CPU number of a CPU as used by the Linux kernel. @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ high, medium, or low. This column contains data only if your hardware system and hypervisor support CPU polarization. .TP .B MMHZ -Maximum megaherz value for the cpu. Useful when lscpu is used as hardware +Maximum megahertz value for the cpu. Useful when lscpu is used as hardware inventory information gathering tool. Notice that the megahertz value is dynamic, and driven by CPU governor depending on current resource need. .RE @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Limit the output to offline CPUs. This option may only be specified together with option \fB-e\fR or \fB-p\fR. .TP .BR \-e , " \-\-extended" [=\fIlist\fP] -Display the CPU information in human readable format. +Display the CPU information in human-readable format. If the \fIlist\fP argument is omitted, all columns for which data is available are included in the command output. -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522