Use struct udev_device instead of sysdev

[platform/upstream/multipath-tools.git] / multipath / multipath.8

diff --git a/multipath/multipath.8 b/multipath/multipath.8
index 7133598..a112df7 100644 (file)
--- a/multipath/multipath.8
+++ b/multipath/multipath.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH MULTIPATH 8 "February 2004" "" "Linux Administrator's Manual"
+.TH MULTIPATH 8 "July 2006" "" "Linux Administrator's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 multipath \- Device mapper target autoconfig
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ multipath \- Device mapper target autoconfig
 .RB [\| \-v\ \c
 .IR verbosity \|]
 .RB [\| \-d \|]
-.RB [\| \-l | \-ll | \-f | \-F \|]
+.RB [\| \-h | \-l | \-ll | \-f | \-t | \-F \| \-B \|]
 .RB [\| \-p\ \c
 .BR failover | multibus | group_by_serial | group_by_prio | group_by_node_name \|]
 .RB [\| device \|]
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ print the created or updated multipath names only, for use to feed other tools l
 print all info : detected paths, coalesced paths (ie multipaths) and device maps
 .RE
 .TP
+.B \-h
+print usage text
+.TP
 .B \-d
 dry run, do not create or update devmaps
 .TP
@@ -38,20 +41,23 @@ show the current multipath topology from information fetched in sysfs and the de
 .B \-ll
 show the current multipath topology from all available information (sysfs, the device mapper, path checkers ...)
 .TP
-.TP
-.BI \-D " major:minor"
-update only the devmap the path pointed by
-.I major:minor
-is in
-.TP
 .B \-f
 flush a multipath device map specified as parameter, if unused
 .TP
 .B \-F
 flush all unused multipath device maps
 .TP
+.B \-t
+print internal hardware table to stdout
+.TP
+.B \-r
+force devmap reload
+.TP
+.B \-B
+treat the bindings file as read only
+.TP
 .BI \-p " policy"
-force maps to specified policy:
+force new maps to use the specified policy:
 .RS 1.2i
 .TP 1.2i
 .B failover
@@ -64,11 +70,14 @@ all paths in 1 priority group
 1 priority group per serial
 .TP
 .B group_by_prio
-1 priority group per priority value. Priorities are determined by callout programs specified as a global, per-controler or per-multipath option in the configuration file
+1 priority group per priority value. Priorities are determined by callout programs specified as a global, per-controller or per-multipath option in the configuration file
 .TP
 .B group_by_node_name
-1 priority group per target node name. Target node names are fetched in /sys/class/fc_transport/target*/node_name.
+1 priority group per target node name. Target node names are fetched
+in /sys/class/fc_transport/target*/node_name.
+.TP
 .RE
+Existing maps are not modified.
 .TP
 .BI device
 update only the devmap the path pointed by
@@ -79,9 +88,12 @@ is in the /dev/sdb (as shown by udev in the $DEVNAME variable) or major:minor fo
 .I device
 may alternatively be a multipath mapname
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR multipathd (8),
+.BR multipath.conf (5),
+.BR kpartx (8),
 .BR udev (8),
 .BR dmsetup (8)
 .BR hotplug (8)
 .SH AUTHORS
 .B multipath
-was developed by Christophe Varoqui, <christophe.varoqui@free.fr> and others.
+was developed by Christophe Varoqui, <christophe.varoqui@opensvc.com> and others.