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| author | lioux <lioux@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-12-23 19:07:53 +0800 |
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| committer | lioux <lioux@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-12-23 19:07:53 +0800 |
| commit | 1c69b2433255eb5a3a9612d050861795ee58778a (patch) | |
| tree | ceaa9c0ee46a5dc57b522078bcac714afc25c50f /sysutils | |
| parent | 9fa1f7e1206b43811761f19f7881d2f110c3fcc9 (diff) | |
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Improve man page documentation on memstest 'all' argument and add
a run time warning about it as well
Prompted by: Denis N. Peplin <info@volginfo.ru>
Approved by: portmgr (self & no objections)
Diffstat (limited to 'sysutils')
| -rw-r--r-- | sysutils/memtest/files/patch-aa | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | sysutils/memtest/files/patch-ab | 24 |
2 files changed, 32 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/sysutils/memtest/files/patch-aa b/sysutils/memtest/files/patch-aa index 33aa4b187437..e7aabad83438 100644 --- a/sysutils/memtest/files/patch-aa +++ b/sysutils/memtest/files/patch-aa @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ ---- memtest.c.orig Tue Jul 18 22:13:31 2000 -+++ memtest.c Tue Jul 18 22:13:58 2000 +--- memtest.c.orig Thu Dec 19 13:43:09 2002 ++++ memtest.c Thu Dec 19 13:42:49 2002 @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> @@ -8,3 +8,14 @@ #include <sys/mman.h> #include <signal.h> #include <unistd.h> +@@ -249,6 +250,10 @@ + if (!strcmp (argv[i], "all")) + { + membytes = 4095 << MB; ++ fprintf (stderr, "%s: ATTENTION: option '%s' might cause a segmentation" ++ " fault crash on %s because it will try to test as much" ++ " as 4G of memory even if your system does not have as much" ++ " memory.\n", argv[0], argv[i], argv[0]); + continue; + } + t = (ui32) strtol (argv[i], &endptr, 0); diff --git a/sysutils/memtest/files/patch-ab b/sysutils/memtest/files/patch-ab index 7027a28e13ca..53e606475459 100644 --- a/sysutils/memtest/files/patch-ab +++ b/sysutils/memtest/files/patch-ab @@ -1,13 +1,27 @@ --- memtest.1.orig Wed Apr 26 19:58:23 2000 -+++ memtest.1 Tue Jul 18 22:37:20 2000 -@@ -196,7 +196,9 @@ ++++ memtest.1 Thu Dec 19 13:45:32 2002 +@@ -196,7 +196,12 @@ faulty memory modules in Linux, or any Unix-like environment. .Sh "Invoking memtest" \fBmemtest\fR takes the first supplied argument as the amount of memory to test. -The value \fB'all\*(R'\fR means to test all available memory. A specific amount of -+The value \fB'all\*(R'\fR means to test all available memory. However, the value \fB'all\*(R'\fR -+may not work on all systems, so a specific amount of memory might have to -+be specified. A specific amount of ++.PP ++The value \fB'all\*(R'\fR means testing all available memory. ++However, the value \fB'all\*(R'\fR may not work on all systems, so ++a specific amount of memory might have to be specified. ++.PP ++A specific amount of memory can be supplied as a number, followed by a letter to indicate units: .Ip "\(bu" 4 \fBB\fR or \fBb\fR \- bytes +@@ -332,6 +337,10 @@ + .Sh "Known Bugs" + The output examples in this manpage have fallen out of sync with the software + in minor ways. ++.PP ++The memory size value \fB'all\*(R'\fR means testing all available ++memory. However, the value \fB'all\*(R'\fR may not work on all ++systems, so a specific amount of memory might have to be specified. + .Sh "How To Report Bugs" + Bugs should be reported to <memtest@discworld.dyndns.org>. + .PP |