From: Wouter Verhelst Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 07:14:50 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Update documentation to reflect new behaviour of -swap option X-Git-Url: http://git.alex.org.uk Update documentation to reflect new behaviour of -swap option --- diff --git a/nbd-client.8.sgml b/nbd-client.8.sgml index 8d2f5d0..ef120d9 100644 --- a/nbd-client.8.sgml +++ b/nbd-client.8.sgml @@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ manpage.1: manpage.sgml + &dhpackage; @@ -175,12 +176,17 @@ manpage.1: manpage.sgml Specifies that this NBD device will be used as - swapspace. If you intend to do that, please use this - option to prevent deadlocks. You'll need a special kernel - patch, available at NBD's homepage: - http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel + swapspace. This option attempts to prevent deadlocks by + performing mlockall() at an appropriate time. It does not + however guarantee that such deadlocks can be avoided. + + + + Specifies that the NBD client should not detach and + daemonize itself. This is mostly useful for debugging. +