From: Kai Mäkisara <kai.makisara@xxxxxxxxxxx> Update the description of the MTMKPART operation of MTIOCTOP to match the changes in kernel version 4.6 (commit 8038e6456a3e6f5c4759e0d73c4f9165b90c93e7) Signed-off-by: Kai Mäkisara <kai.makisara@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- man4/st.4 | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/man4/st.4 b/man4/st.4 index 5ac1ee2..b818a1c 100644 --- a/man4/st.4 +++ b/man4/st.4 @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ .\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by .\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. .\" %%%LICENSE_END -.TH ST 4 2016-03-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH ST 4 2016-06-05 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME st \- SCSI tape device .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -335,11 +335,14 @@ Lock the tape drive door. Format the tape into one or two partitions. If .I mt_count -is nonzero, it gives the size of the first partition and the second -partition contains the rest of the tape. -If +is positive, it gives the size of partition 1 and partition +0 contains the rest of the tape. If .I mt_count is zero, the tape is formatted into one partition. +From kernel version 4.6, negative +.I mt_count +specifies the size of partition 0 and the rest of the tape contains partition +1. The physical ordering of partitions depends on the drive. This command is not allowed for a drive unless the partition support is enabled for the drive (see .BR MT_ST_CAN_PARTITIONS -- 2.6.6
