>Number:         34193
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       dk(4) man page
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    misc-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Aug 13 07:00:00 +0000 2006
>Originator:     Jonathan A. Kollasch
>Release:        NetBSD 3.0
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD kirkkit.kollasch.net 3.0 NetBSD 3.0 (KIRKKIT) #1: Sat Jul 1 19:22:44 CDT 2006 root@kirkkit.kollasch.net:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/KIRKKIT i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
dk(4) lacks a man page.

>How-To-Repeat:
look at dkctl(8), find the reference to dk(4).

>Fix:

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.Dd August 13, 2006
.Dt DK 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm dk
.Nd disk wedges
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "options DKWEDGE_AUTODISCOVER
.Cd "options DKWEDGE_METHOD_BSDLABEL
.Cd "options DKWEDGE_METHOD_GPT
.Cd "options DKWEDGE_METHOD_MBR
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides a disk-like interface to an area of a physical disk.
Wedges may be configured manually with
.Xr dkctl 8 
or automatically by the kernel upon the attachment of the physical disk.
.Sh KERNEL OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width DKWEDGE_METHOD_BSDLABEL
.It Dv DKWEDGE_AUTODISCOVER
Automatically detect and configure wedges using any available methods.
.It Dv DKWEDGE_METHOD_BSDLABEL
BSD disklabel detection method.
.It Dv DKWEDGE_METHOD_GPT
Extensible Firmware Interface Globally Unique Identifier Partition Table
(GPT) detection method.
.It Dv DKWEDGE_METHOD_MBR
IBM PC-compatible Master Boot Record (MBR) partitioning detection method,
with support for Extended MBRs.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /dev/XXrXdkX -compact
.It Pa /dev/{,r}dk*
.Nm
device special files.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr MAKEDEV 8 ,
.Xr config 8 ,
.Xr disklabel 8 ,
.Xr dkctl 8 ,
.Xr fdisk 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver first appeared in
.Nx 1.6 .
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Jason R. Thorpe
of Wasabi Systems, Inc.