From owner-svn-src-stable-12@freebsd.org Mon Sep 9 21:03:08 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-stable-12@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1A3FE1361; Mon, 9 Sep 2019 21:03:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scottph@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 46S0xS60xDz4dqZ; Mon, 9 Sep 2019 21:03:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scottph@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B19C91B868; Mon, 9 Sep 2019 21:03:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scottph@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id x89L38gT015278; Mon, 9 Sep 2019 21:03:08 GMT (envelope-from scottph@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from scottph@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id x89L38h1015277; Mon, 9 Sep 2019 21:03:08 GMT (envelope-from scottph@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201909092103.x89L38h1015277@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: scottph set sender to scottph@FreeBSD.org using -f From: D Scott Phillips Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2019 21:03:08 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-12@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r352109 - stable/12/share/man/man4 X-SVN-Group: stable-12 X-SVN-Commit-Author: scottph X-SVN-Commit-Paths: stable/12/share/man/man4 X-SVN-Commit-Revision: 352109 X-SVN-Commit-Repository: base MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-stable-12@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for only the 12-stable src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 21:03:09 -0000 Author: scottph Date: Mon Sep 9 21:03:08 2019 New Revision: 352109 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/352109 Log: MFC 351897: nvdimm(4): Add description of NVDIMM Namespace support Approved by: scottl (mentor) Sponsored by: Intel Corporation Modified: stable/12/share/man/man4/nvdimm.4 Directory Properties: stable/12/ (props changed) Modified: stable/12/share/man/man4/nvdimm.4 ============================================================================== --- stable/12/share/man/man4/nvdimm.4 Mon Sep 9 20:49:37 2019 (r352108) +++ stable/12/share/man/man4/nvdimm.4 Mon Sep 9 21:03:08 2019 (r352109) @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd August 23, 2019 +.Dd September 5, 2019 .Dt NVDIMM 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ the device. .Pp Also, for each SPA, the geom provider .Pa spaNNN -is created, which can be used to create a conventional filesystem (e.g. +is created, which can be used to create a conventional filesystem (e.g., by .Xr newfs 8 ) and @@ -86,6 +86,18 @@ Content accessible by and .Pa /dev/spaNNN is coherent. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver has support for reading NVDIMM namespaces (if supported by your +hardware and already configured by some other mechanism, e.g., a BIOS +configuration screen). +The driver will provide a +.Pa /dev/nvdimm_spaNNNnsMMM +device node and +.Pa spaNNNnsMMM +geom provider for each namespace in a SPA, which behave analogously to their +full-SPA cousins described above. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ACPI 4 , .Xr GEOM 4 ,