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64.Dd November 6, 2015
65.Dt VNDCONFIG 8
66.Os
67.Sh NAME
68.Nm vndconfig
69.Nd configure vnode disks
70.Sh SYNOPSIS
71.Nm
72.Op Fl crvz
73.Op Fl f Ar disktab
74.Op Fl t Ar typename
75.Ar vnode_disk
76.Ar regular_file
77.Op Ar geomspec
78.Nm
79.Fl u
80.Op Fl Fv
81.Ar vnode_disk
82.Nm
83.Fl l
84.Op Ar vnode_disk
85.Sh DESCRIPTION
86The
87.Nm
88command configures vnode pseudo disk devices.
89It will associate the vnode disk
90.Ar vnode_disk
91with the regular file
92.Ar regular_file
93allowing the latter to be accessed as though it were a disk.
94Hence a regular file within the filesystem can be used for swapping
95or can contain a filesystem that is mounted in the name space.
96The
97.Ar vnode_disk
98is a special file of raw partition or name of vnode disk like
99.Pa vnd0 .
100.Pp
101Options indicate an action to be performed:
102.Bl -tag -width indent
103.It Fl c
104Configures the device.
105If successful, references to
106.Ar vnode_disk
107will access the contents of
108.Ar regular_file .
109.Pp
110If
111.Ar geomspec
112is specified, the vnode device will emulate the specified disk geometry.
113The format of the
114.Ar geomspec
115argument is:
116.Bd -ragged -offset indent
117.Sm off
118.Xo Ar secsize Li / Ar nsectors Li /
119.Ar ntracks Li / Ar ncylinders Xc
120.Sm on
121.Ed
122.Pp
123If geometry is not specified, the kernel will choose a default based on 1MB
124cylinders.
125.Ar secsize
126is the number of bytes per sector.
127It must be an even multiple of 512.
128.Ar nsectors
129is the number of sectors per track.
130.Ar ntracks
131is the number of tracks per cylinder.
132.Ar ncylinders
133is the number of cylinders in the device.
134.It Fl F
135Force unconfiguration if the device is in use.
136Does not imply
137.Fl u .
138.It Fl f Ar disktab
139Specifies that the
140.Fl t
141option should look up in
142.Ar disktab
143instead of in
144.Pa /etc/disktab .
145.It Fl l
146List the vnd devices and indicate which ones are in use.
147If a specific
148.Ar vnode_disk
149is given, then only that will be described.
150.It Fl t Ar typename
151If configuring the device, look up
152.Ar typename
153in
154.Pa /etc/disktab
155and use the geometry specified in the entry.
156This option and the
157.Ar geomspec
158argument are mutually exclusive.
159.It Fl r
160Configure the device as read-only.
161.It Fl u
162Unconfigures the device.
163.It Fl v
164Print messages to stdout describing actions taken.
165.It Fl z
166Assume that
167.Ar regular_file
168is a compressed disk image in cloop2 format, and configure it
169read-only.
170See the
171.Xr vndcompress 1
172manpage on how to create such an image.
173.El
174.Pp
175If no action option is given,
176.Fl c
177is assumed.
178.Sh FILES
179.Bl -tag -width /etc/disktab -compact
180.It Pa /dev/rvnd??
181.It Pa /dev/vnd??
182.It Pa /etc/disktab
183.El
184.Sh EXAMPLES
185.Dl vndconfig vnd0 /tmp/diskimage
186or
187.Dl vndconfig /dev/rvnd0c /tmp/diskimage
188.Pp
189Configures the vnode disk
190.Pa vnd0 .
191Please note that use of the second form of the command is discouraged because
192it requires knowledge of the raw partition which varies between architectures.
193.Pp
194.Dl vndconfig vnd0 /tmp/floppy.img 512/18/2/80
195.Pp
196Configures the vnode disk
197.Pa vnd0
198emulating the geometry of 512 bytes per sector, 18 sectors per track,
1992 tracks per cylinder, and 80 cylinders total.
200.Pp
201.Dl vndconfig -t floppy vnd0 /tmp/floppy.img
202.Pp
203Configures the vnode disk
204.Pa vnd0
205using the geometry specified in the
206.Pa floppy
207entry in
208.Pa /etc/disktab .
209.Pp
210.Dl vndconfig -u vnd0
211.Pp
212Unconfigures the
213.Pa vnd0
214device.
215.Sh SEE ALSO
216.Xr vndcompress 1 ,
217.Xr opendisk 3 ,
218.Xr vnd 4 ,
219.Xr mount 8 ,
220.Xr swapctl 8 ,
221.Xr umount 8
222.Sh HISTORY
223The
224.Nm vnconfig
225command appeared in
226.Nx 1.0 .
227It was renamed to
228.Nm
229in
230.Nx 7.0
231for consistency with other similar commands.
232(The original name was also retained for backwards compatability.)
233