On 06/06/2016 09:36 PM, Kai Makisara wrote: > 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) Thanks, Kai. Applied. Cheers, Michael > 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 > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
