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Date:      Wed, 22 Oct 2014 08:54:11 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r273457 - head/share/man/man4
Message-ID:  <201410220854.s9M8sBXx028911@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: mav
Date: Wed Oct 22 08:54:10 2014
New Revision: 273457
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/273457

Log:
  Document sort_io_queue sysctls/tunables.
  
  MFC after:	1 week

Modified:
  head/share/man/man4/ada.4
  head/share/man/man4/da.4

Modified: head/share/man/man4/ada.4
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man4/ada.4	Wed Oct 22 07:50:19 2014	(r273456)
+++ head/share/man/man4/ada.4	Wed Oct 22 08:54:10 2014	(r273457)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd September 21, 2014
+.Dd October 22, 2014
 .Dt ADA 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -123,6 +123,13 @@ seconds.
 This variable determines whether to spin-down disks when shutting down.
 Set to 1 to enable spin-down, 0 to disable.
 The default is currently enabled.
+.It Va kern.cam.sort_io_queue
+.It Va kern.cam.ada. Ns Ar X Ns Va .sort_io_queue
+.Pp
+These variables determine whether request queue should be sorted trying
+to optimize head seeks.
+Set to 1 to enable sorting, 0 to disable, -1 to leave it as-is.
+The default is sorting enabled for HDDs and disabled SSDs.
 .It Va kern.cam.ada.read_ahead
 .It Va kern.cam.ada. Ns Ar X Ns Va .read_ahead
 .It Va kern.cam.ada.write_cache

Modified: head/share/man/man4/da.4
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man4/da.4	Wed Oct 22 07:50:19 2014	(r273456)
+++ head/share/man/man4/da.4	Wed Oct 22 08:54:10 2014	(r273457)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd February 8, 2012
+.Dd October 22, 2014
 .Dt DA 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -150,6 +150,13 @@ This variable determines how long the
 driver will wait before timing out an outstanding command.
 The units for this value are seconds, and the default is currently 60
 seconds.
+.It Va kern.cam.sort_io_queue
+.It Va kern.cam.da. Ns Ar X Ns Va .sort_io_queue
+.Pp
+These variables determine whether request queue should be sorted trying
+to optimize head seeks.
+Set to 1 to enable sorting, 0 to disable, -1 to leave it as-is.
+The default is sorting enabled for HDDs and disabled for SSDs.
 .It kern.cam.da.%d.minimum_cmd_size
 .Pp
 This variable determines what the minimum READ/WRITE CDB size is for a



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