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.\" $NetBSD: dk.4,v 1.10 2021/01/06 14:07:43 wiz Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: dk.4,v 1.11 2021/01/06 17:13:23 kre Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2006 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
.\" Jonathan A. Kollasch used vnd(4) as the template for this man page.
.\"
.Dd October 26, 2020
.Dd January 6, 2021
.Dt DK 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Wedges may be configured manually with
.Xr dkctl 8
or automatically by the kernel upon the attachment of the physical disk.
.Pp
Wedges needs to have a unique name.
Wedges need to have a unique name.
If a duplicate name is detected during
auto-discovery, that partition is ignored.
.Sh KERNEL OPTIONS
@ -77,13 +77,19 @@ that is not of type
.Dv FS_UNUSED ,
a wedge is created and named after the
.Va d_packname
field followed by "/" and the partition letter a..p.
field followed by
.Sq \&/
and the partition letter
.So a Sc Ns \&.. Ns So p Sc Ns \&.
.Pp
When the
.Va d_packname
is empty or has the value "fictitious", the regular partition names
is empty or has the value
.Do fictitious Dc Ns \&,
the regular partition names
are used as wedge names, i.e. the device name, unit number and
partition letter, for example "wd0a".
partition letter, for example
.Do wd0a Dc Ns \&.
.It Dv DKWEDGE_METHOD_GPT
Extensible Firmware Interface Globally Unique Identifier Partition Table
(GPT) detection method.
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.Pp
For every partition in the MBR a wedge is created and named like a
regular partition name, i.e. the device name, unit number and a
partition letter, for example "wd0e".
Primary partitions start with "e", extended partitions start with "i".
partition letter, for example
.Do wd0e Dc Ns \&.
Primary partitions start with
.So e Sc Ns \&,
extended partitions start with
.So i Sc Ns \&.
.It Dv DKWEDGE_METHOD_RDB
Amiga Rigid Disk Block (RDB) partitioning detection method.
.It Dv DKWEDGE_METHOD_APPLE