Add partition mappings
.TP
.B \-r
-Readonly partition mappings
+Read-only partition mappings
.TP
.B \-d
Delete partition mappings
Update partition mappings
.TP
.B \-l
-List partition mappings that would be added -a
+List partition mappings that would be added \-a
.TP
.B \-p
set device name-partition number delimiter
.SH EXAMPLE
To mount all the partitions in a raw disk image:
.IP
-kpartx -av disk.img
+kpartx \-av disk.img
.PP
This will output lines such as:
.IP
.PP
When you're done, you need to remove the devices:
.IP
-kpartx -d disk.img
+kpartx \-d disk.img
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR multipath (8)
.BR multipathd (8)
If set to
.I no
use the WWID as the alias. In either case this be will
-be overriden by any specific aliases in the \fImultipaths\fR section.
+be overridden by any specific aliases in the \fImultipaths\fR section.
Default is
.I no
.TP
.TP
.B max_fds
Specify the maximum number of file descriptors that can be opened by multipath
-and multipathd. This is equivalent to ulimit -n. A value of \fImax\fR will set
+and multipathd. This is equivalent to ulimit \-n. A value of \fImax\fR will set
this to the system limit from /proc/sys/fs/nr_open. If this is not set, the
maximum number of open fds is taken from the calling process. It is usually
1024. To be safe, this should be set to the maximum number of paths plus 32,
.TP
.B checker_timeout
Specify the timeout to user for path checkers that issue scsi commands with an
-explict timeout, in seconds; default taken from
+explicit timeout, in seconds; default taken from
.I /sys/block/sd<x>/device/timeout
.TP
.B fast_io_fail_tmo
section is used to revert the actions of the
.I blacklist
section, ie to include specific device in the
-multipath topology. This allows to selectively include devices which
+multipath topology. This allows one to selectively include devices which
would normally be excluded via the
.I blacklist
section.
Show some statistics of all multipath devices that the multipathd is monitoring.
.TP
.B list|show maps|multipaths topology
-Show the current multipath topology. Same as "multipath -ll".
+Show the current multipath topology. Same as "multipath \-ll".
.TP
.B list|show topology
-Show the current multipath topology. Same as "multipath -ll".
+Show the current multipath topology. Same as "multipath \-ll".
.TP
.B list|show map|multipath $map topology
Show topology of a single multipath device specified by $map, e.g. 36005076303ffc56200000000000010aa.