svn commit: r319074 - in head: share/man/man4 usr.sbin/iscsid
Edward Tomasz Napierala
trasz at FreeBSD.org
Sun May 28 17:02:31 UTC 2017
Author: trasz
Date: Sun May 28 17:02:29 2017
New Revision: 319074
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/319074
Log:
Minor tweaks to iscsi(4) and iscsid(8).
MFC after: 2 weeks
Modified:
head/share/man/man4/iscsi.4
head/usr.sbin/iscsid/iscsid.8
Modified: head/share/man/man4/iscsi.4
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man4/iscsi.4 Sun May 28 16:53:21 2017 (r319073)
+++ head/share/man/man4/iscsi.4 Sun May 28 17:02:29 2017 (r319074)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
-.Dd July 11, 2015
+.Dd May 28, 2017
.Dt ISCSI 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -46,18 +46,14 @@ iscsi_load="YES"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-subsystem provides the kernel component of an iSCSI initiator.
+subsystem provides the kernel component of an iSCSI initiator,
+responsible for implementing the Full Feature Phase of the iSCSI protocol.
The initiator is the iSCSI client, which connects to an iSCSI target,
providing local access to a remote block device.
The userland component is provided by
.Xr iscsid 8
and both the kernel and userland are configured using
.Xr iscsictl 8 .
-The
-.Nm
-subsystem is responsible for implementing the
-.Qq Full Feature Phase
-of the iSCSI protocol.
.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
The following variables are available as both
.Xr sysctl 8
Modified: head/usr.sbin/iscsid/iscsid.8
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.sbin/iscsid/iscsid.8 Sun May 28 16:53:21 2017 (r319073)
+++ head/usr.sbin/iscsid/iscsid.8 Sun May 28 17:02:29 2017 (r319074)
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd September 12, 2014
+.Dd May 28, 2017
.Dt ISCSID 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -43,12 +43,15 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-daemon is responsible for performing the Login Phase of iSCSI connections,
-as well as performing SendTargets discovery.
+daemon is the userspace component of the iSCSI initiator,
+responsible for performing the Login Phase
+of iSCSI connections and the SendTargets discovery.
.Pp
Upon startup, the
.Nm
-daemon opens the iSCSI initiator device file and waits for kernel requests.
+daemon opens the iSCSI initiator device file and waits for requests
+from the kernel component,
+.Xr iscsi 4 .
.Nm
does not use any configuration files.
All needed information is supplied by the kernel.
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