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27.Dd January 5, 2011
27.Dd September 13, 2018
28.Dt GEOM 8
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm geom
32.Nd "universal control utility for GEOM classes"
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Nm
35.Ar class

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47.Nm
48.Ar class
49.Cm load
50.Op Fl v
51.Nm
52.Ar class
53.Cm unload
54.Op Fl v
28.Dt GEOM 8
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm geom
32.Nd "universal control utility for GEOM classes"
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Nm
35.Ar class

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47.Nm
48.Ar class
49.Cm load
50.Op Fl v
51.Nm
52.Ar class
53.Cm unload
54.Op Fl v
55.Nm
56.Fl p
57.Ar provider-name
55.Sh DESCRIPTION
56The
57.Nm
58utility is used to control various GEOM classes.
59A class has to be aware of
60.Xr geom 8
61communication methods, but there are also some standard commands
62which can be used for existing

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98.Va kern.module_path
99sysctl.
100.It Cm unload
101Unload the kernel module which implements the given class.
102This command is only available if the given class is loaded as a
103kernel module.
104.El
105.Pp
58.Sh DESCRIPTION
59The
60.Nm
61utility is used to control various GEOM classes.
62A class has to be aware of
63.Xr geom 8
64communication methods, but there are also some standard commands
65which can be used for existing

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101.Va kern.module_path
102sysctl.
103.It Cm unload
104Unload the kernel module which implements the given class.
105This command is only available if the given class is loaded as a
106kernel module.
107.El
108.Pp
109Additional options include:
110.Bl -tag -width ".Cm status"
111.It Fl p Ar provider-name
112Print detailed information about the geom which provides
113.Ar provider-name .
114.El
115.Pp
106Class-specific commands are implemented as shared libraries which
107are stored in
108.Pa /lib/geom/
109directory and are loaded via
110.Xr dlopen 3
111function when the class name is known.
112When a class-specific shared library exists, a direct utility should also be
113available under the name of

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116Class-specific commands are implemented as shared libraries which
117are stored in
118.Pa /lib/geom/
119directory and are loaded via
120.Xr dlopen 3
121function when the class name is known.
122When a class-specific shared library exists, a direct utility should also be
123available under the name of

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