svn commit: r234047 - head/sbin/mdconfig

[Benjamin Kaduk]

Author: bjk (doc committer)
Date: Mon Apr  9 01:20:50 2012
New Revision: 234047
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/234047

Log:
  Fix a couple of style issues. Tweak grammar and markup while here.
  
  Approved by:	hrs (mentor)

Modified:
  head/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8

Modified: head/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8
==============================================================================
--- head/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8	Sun Apr  8 21:29:48 2012	(r234046)
+++ head/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8	Mon Apr  9 01:20:50 2012	(r234047)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd June 21, 2008
+.Dd March 21, 2012
 .Dt MDCONFIG 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ parameters specified and attach it to th
 Detach a memory disk from the system and release all resources.
 .It Fl t Ar type
 Select the type of the memory disk.
-.Bl -tag -width "preload"
+.Bl -tag -width "malloc"
 .It Cm malloc
 Storage for this type of memory disk is allocated with
 .Xr malloc 9 .
@@ -104,31 +104,35 @@ becomes the backing store for this memor
 .It Cm swap
 Storage for this type of memory disk is allocated from buffer
 memory.
-Pages get pushed out to the swap when the system is under memory
+Pages get pushed out to swap when the system is under memory
 pressure, otherwise they stay in the operating memory.
 Using
 .Cm swap
-backing is generally preferable over
+backing is generally preferred instead of using
 .Cm malloc
 backing.
 .El
 .It Fl f Ar file
-Filename to use for the vnode type memory disk. Options
+Filename to use for the vnode type memory disk.
+The
 .Fl a
 and
 .Fl t Ar vnode
-are implied if not specified.
+options are implied if not specified.
 .It Fl l
 List configured devices.
 If given with
 .Fl u ,
 display details about that particular device.
-If
+If the
 .Fl v
-option specified, show all details.
+option is specified, show all details.
 .It Fl n
-When printing md device names, print only the unit number without the
-md prefix.
+When printing 
+.Xr md 4
+device names, print only the unit number without the
+.Xr md 4
+prefix.
 .It Fl s Ar size
 Size of the memory disk.
 .Ar Size
@@ -137,11 +141,12 @@ is the number of 512 byte sectors unless
 or
 .Cm t
 which
-denotes byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte and terabyte respectively. Options
+denotes byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte and terabyte respectively.
+The
 .Fl a
 and
 .Fl t Ar swap
-are implied if not specified.
+options are implied if not specified.
 .It Fl S Ar sectorsize
 Sectorsize to use for malloc backed device.
 .It Fl x Ar sectors/track
@@ -175,12 +180,12 @@ Allocate and reserve all needed storage 
 .It Oo Cm no Oc Ns Cm cluster
 Enable clustering on this disk.
 .It Oo Cm no Oc Ns Cm compress
-Enable/Disable compression features to reduce memory usage.
+Enable/disable compression features to reduce memory usage.
 .It Oo Cm no Oc Ns Cm force
-Disable/Enable extra sanity checks to prevent the user from doing something
+Disable/enable extra sanity checks to prevent the user from doing something
 that might adversely affect the system.
 .It Oo Cm no Oc Ns Cm readonly
-Enable/Disable readonly mode.
+Enable/disable readonly mode.
 .El
 .It Fl u Ar unit
 Request a specific unit number for the
@@ -197,15 +202,15 @@ is provided for convenience as an abbrev
 .Fl t Ar vnode
 .Fl f Ar file .
 .Sh EXAMPLES
-To create a 4 megabyte
+Create a 4 megabyte
 .Xr malloc 9
 backed memory disk.
-The name of the allocated unit will be output on stdout like
+The name of the allocated unit will be printed on stdout, such as
 .Dq Li md3 :
 .Pp
 .Dl mdconfig -a -t malloc -s 4m
 .Pp
-To create a disk named
+Create a disk named
 .Pa /dev/md4
 with
 .Pa /tmp/boot.flp
@@ -213,12 +218,12 @@ as backing storage:
 .Pp
 .Dl mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /tmp/boot.flp -u 4
 .Pp
-To detach and free all resources used by
+Detach and free all resources used by
 .Pa /dev/md4 :
 .Pp
 .Dl mdconfig -d -u 4
 .Pp
-To create a 128MByte swap backed disk, initialize an
+Create a 128MByte swap backed disk, initialize an
 .Xr ffs 7
 file system on it, and mount it on
 .Pa /tmp :
@@ -229,7 +234,7 @@ mount /dev/md10 /tmp
 chmod 1777 /tmp
 .Ed
 .Pp
-To create a 5MB file-backed disk
+Create a 5MB file-backed disk
 .Ns ( Fl a
 and
 .Fl t Ar vnode
@@ -242,7 +247,7 @@ newfs md0c
 mount /dev/md0c /mnt
 .Ed
 .Pp
-To create an
+Create an
 .Xr md 4
 device out of an ISO 9660 CD image file
 .Ns ( Fl a