Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:23:44 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> To: lev@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: geom_<name>(4) vs g<name>(8) Message-ID: <4E7AC660.9020003@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1749253364.20110922005419@serebryakov.spb.ru> References: <91483808.20110921225121@serebryakov.spb.ru> <4E7A3ED5.1050604@FreeBSD.org> <1749253364.20110922005419@serebryakov.spb.ru>
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on 21/09/2011 23:54 Lev Serebryakov said the following: > Hello, Andriy. > You wrote 21 сентября 2011 г., 23:45:25: > >> Section 4 is kernel drivers. >> Section 8 is userland system management utilities. >> Man pages for driver and related utilities should be cross-referenced but they >> don't have to be the same one page. > Yes, I understand that. >> Or did you mean something else? > I mean, that there is geom_fox(4) and, say, geom_map(4), but no > geom_mirror(4), only gmirror(8). > Why here is no gfox(8) is clear -- here is no such utility (what is > strange enough, but it is topic of other thread). But why here is no > geom_mirror(4) is not clear for me (Ok, one reason could be because > nobody write such man page, but see below about it hypothetical > content). > > And, as information in gmirror(8) will duplicate information in > (hypothetical) geom_mirror(4) (as they both describe same object, > really), it could be one page, found by two names. > > NB: geom_mirror is only example, here are A LOT of such modules with > their configuration utilities. This makes sense to me. Thank you for the explanation. -- Andriy Gapon
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