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author | Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-12-23 11:07:53 +0000 |
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committer | Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-12-23 11:07:53 +0000 |
commit | 25f20d36e4747ec9654a2b25cec5b3956e54ffc4 (patch) | |
tree | 707f3d571b0237592a9eefacdf254e0f11406cd5 /sysutils/memtest/files/patch-ab | |
parent | fix build on -current (diff) |
Improve man page documentation on memstest 'all' argument and add
a run time warning about it as well
Prompted by: Denis N. Peplin <info@volginfo.ru>
Approved by: portmgr (self & no objections)
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=71814
Diffstat (limited to 'sysutils/memtest/files/patch-ab')
-rw-r--r-- | sysutils/memtest/files/patch-ab | 24 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/sysutils/memtest/files/patch-ab b/sysutils/memtest/files/patch-ab index 7027a28e13ca..53e606475459 100644 --- a/sysutils/memtest/files/patch-ab +++ b/sysutils/memtest/files/patch-ab @@ -1,13 +1,27 @@ --- memtest.1.orig Wed Apr 26 19:58:23 2000 -+++ memtest.1 Tue Jul 18 22:37:20 2000 -@@ -196,7 +196,9 @@ ++++ memtest.1 Thu Dec 19 13:45:32 2002 +@@ -196,7 +196,12 @@ faulty memory modules in Linux, or any Unix-like environment. .Sh "Invoking memtest" \fBmemtest\fR takes the first supplied argument as the amount of memory to test. -The value \fB'all\*(R'\fR means to test all available memory. A specific amount of -+The value \fB'all\*(R'\fR means to test all available memory. However, the value \fB'all\*(R'\fR -+may not work on all systems, so a specific amount of memory might have to -+be specified. A specific amount of ++.PP ++The value \fB'all\*(R'\fR means testing all available memory. ++However, the value \fB'all\*(R'\fR may not work on all systems, so ++a specific amount of memory might have to be specified. ++.PP ++A specific amount of memory can be supplied as a number, followed by a letter to indicate units: .Ip "\(bu" 4 \fBB\fR or \fBb\fR \- bytes +@@ -332,6 +337,10 @@ + .Sh "Known Bugs" + The output examples in this manpage have fallen out of sync with the software + in minor ways. ++.PP ++The memory size value \fB'all\*(R'\fR means testing all available ++memory. However, the value \fB'all\*(R'\fR may not work on all ++systems, so a specific amount of memory might have to be specified. + .Sh "How To Report Bugs" + Bugs should be reported to <memtest@discworld.dyndns.org>. + .PP |