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1 dm-delay
2 ========
3
4 Device-Mapper's "delay" target delays reads and/or writes
5 and maps them to different devices.
6
7 Parameters:
8     <device> <offset> <delay> [<write_device> <write_offset> <write_delay>]
9
10 With separate write parameters, the first set is only used for reads.
11 Delays are specified in milliseconds.
12
13 Example scripts
14 ===============
15 [[
16 #!/bin/sh
17 # Create device delaying rw operation for 500ms
18 echo "0 `blockdev --getsize $1` delay $1 0 500" | dmsetup create delayed
19 ]]
20
21 [[
22 #!/bin/sh
23 # Create device delaying only write operation for 500ms and
24 # splitting reads and writes to different devices $1 $2
25 echo "0 `blockdev --getsize $1` delay $1 0 0 $2 0 500" | dmsetup create delayed
26 ]]