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GMOUNTVER(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual GMOUNTVER(8)
NAME
gmountver - control utility for disk mount verification GEOM class
SYNOPSIS
gmountver create [-v] prov ...
gmountver destroy [-fv] name
gmountver list
gmountver status [-s name]
gmountver load [-v]
gmountver unload [-v]
DESCRIPTION
The gmountver utility is used to control the mount verification GEOM
class. When configured, it passes all the I/O requests to the underlying
provider. When the underlying provider disappears - for example because
the disk device got disconnected - it queues all the I/O requests and
waits for the provider to reappear. When that happens, it attaches to it
and sends the queued requests.
The first argument to gmountver indicates an action to be performed:
create Enable mount verification for the given provider. If the
operation succeeds, a new GEOM provider will be created using
the given provider's name with a `.mountver' suffix. The kernel
module geom_mountver.ko will be loaded if it is not loaded
already.
destroy Destroy name.
list See geom(8).
status See geom(8).
load See geom(8).
unload See geom(8).
Additional options:
-f Force the removal of the specified mountver device.
-v Be more verbose.
SYSCTL VARIABLES
The following sysctl(8) variables can be used to control the behavior of
the MOUNTVER GEOM class. The default value is shown next to each
variable.
kern.geom.mountver.debug: 0
Debug level of the MOUNTVER GEOM class. This can be set to a
number between 0 and 3 inclusive. If set to 0 minimal debug
information is printed, and if set to 3 the maximum amount of
debug information is printed.
kern.geom.mountver.check_ident: 1
This can be set to 0 or 1. If set to 0, gmountver will reattach
to the device even if the device reports a different disk ID.
HISTORY
The gmountver utility appeared in FreeBSD 9.0.
AUTHORS
Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org>
FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11 May 18, 2015 FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11