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25.\" $FreeBSD$
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27.Dd May 21, 2004
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
36.Ar command
37.Op Ar options
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm
41utility is used to control various GEOM classes.
42A class has to be aware of
43.Xr geom 8
44comunication methods, but there are also some standard commands
45which can be used for existing, not
46.Xr geom 8
47aware classes.
48Here is the list of standard commands:
49.Bl -tag -width ".Cm unload"
50.It Cm help
51List all available commands for the given class.
52.It Cm list
53Print detailed information (within the given class) about all geoms
54(if no additional arguments were specified) or the given geoms.
55This command is only available if the given class exists in the kernel.
56.It Cm load
57Load the kernel module that implements the given class.
58This command is only available if the class does not yet exist in the kernel and
59the file
60.Pa geom_ Ns Ao Ar class Ac Ns Pa .ko
61can be found in one of the directories specifed in
62.Va kern.module_path
63sysctl.
64.It Cm unload
65Unload the kernel module which implements the given class.
66This command is only available if the given class is loaded as a
67kernel module.
68.El
69.Pp
70Class-specific commands are implemented as shared libraries which
71are stored in
72.Pa /lib/geom/
73directory and are loaded via
74.Xr dlopen 3
75function when the class name is known.
76When a class-specific shared library exists, a direct utility should also be
77available under the name of
78.Nm g Ns Ar class .
79.Pp
80Currently available classes which are aware of
81.Xr geom 8 :
82.Pp
83.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact
84.It
85CONCAT
86.It
87NOP
88.It
89STRIPE
90.El
91.Sh EXAMPLES
92The following example shows how to set up a stripe on three disks for automatic
93configuration:
94.Bd -literal -offset indent
95geom stripe label -v -s 65536 data /dev/da0 /dev/da1 /dev/da2
96or:
97gstripe label -v -s 65536 data /dev/da0 /dev/da1 /dev/da2
98.Ed
99.Pp
100Print the list of all providers from the DISK class:
101.Bd -literal -offset indent
102geom disk list
103.Ed
104.Pp
105Unload a kernel module which implements the MD class:
106.Bd -literal -offset indent
107geom md unload
108.Ed
109.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
110Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command fails.
111.Sh SEE ALSO
112.Xr geom 4 ,
113.Xr gconcat 8 ,
114.Xr glabel 8 ,
115.Xr gmirror 8 ,
116.Xr gnop 8 ,
117.Xr graid3 8 ,
118.Xr gstripe 8
119.Sh HISTORY
120The
121.Nm
122utility appeared in
123.Fx 5.3 .
124.Sh AUTHORS
125.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq pjd@FreeBSD.org
126