--- atacontrol.8 Mon May 16 08:09:13 2005 +++ atacontrol.8.new Fri May 20 09:27:35 2005 @@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ .Pp .Nm .Ic attach -.Ar channel +.Ar controller .Nm .Ic detach -.Ar channel +.Ar controller .Nm .Ic reinit -.Ar channel +.Ar controller .Nm .Ic create .Ar type Oo Ar interleave Oc Ar disk0 ... diskN @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ .Ar device .Nm .Ic info -.Ar channel +.Ar controller .Nm .Ic cap .Ar device @@ -87,25 +87,26 @@ exercise caution when using this command! .Pp The -.Ar channel -argument is the number of the ATA channel on which to operate. +.Ar controller +argument is the name of the ATA controller on which to operate. Ususally +'ataN'. The following commands are supported: .Bl -tag -width "rebuild" .It Ic attach Attach an ATA -.Ar channel . -Devices on the channel are probed and attached as +Ar controller . +Devices on the controller are probed and attached as is done on boot. .It Ic detach Detach an ATA -.Ar channel . -Devices on the channel are removed from the kernel, +.Ar controller . +Devices on the controlller are removed from the kernel, and all outstanding transfers etc.\& are returned back to the system marked as failed. .It Ic reinit Reinitialize an ATA -.Ar channel . -Both devices on the channel are reset and +.Ar controller . +Both devices on the controller are reset and initialized to the parameters the ATA driver has stored internally. Devices that have gone bad and no longer respond to the probe, or devices that have physically been removed, are removed from the kernel. @@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ .Ar device . .It Ic info Show info about the attached devices on the -.Ar channel . +.Ar controller . .It Ic list Show info about all attached devices on all active controllers. .El