svn commit: r319074 - in head: share/man/man4 usr.sbin/iscsid

Edward Tomasz Napierala trasz at FreeBSD.org
Sun May 28 17:02:31 UTC 2017


Author: trasz
Date: Sun May 28 17:02:29 2017
New Revision: 319074
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/319074

Log:
  Minor tweaks to iscsi(4) and iscsid(8).
  
  MFC after:	2 weeks

Modified:
  head/share/man/man4/iscsi.4
  head/usr.sbin/iscsid/iscsid.8

Modified: head/share/man/man4/iscsi.4
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man4/iscsi.4	Sun May 28 16:53:21 2017	(r319073)
+++ head/share/man/man4/iscsi.4	Sun May 28 17:02:29 2017	(r319074)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
-.Dd July 11, 2015
+.Dd May 28, 2017
 .Dt ISCSI 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -46,18 +46,14 @@ iscsi_load="YES"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
-subsystem provides the kernel component of an iSCSI initiator.
+subsystem provides the kernel component of an iSCSI initiator,
+responsible for implementing the Full Feature Phase of the iSCSI protocol.
 The initiator is the iSCSI client, which connects to an iSCSI target,
 providing local access to a remote block device.
 The userland component is provided by
 .Xr iscsid 8
 and both the kernel and userland are configured using
 .Xr iscsictl 8 .
-The
-.Nm
-subsystem is responsible for implementing the
-.Qq Full Feature Phase
-of the iSCSI protocol.
 .Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
 The following variables are available as both
 .Xr sysctl 8

Modified: head/usr.sbin/iscsid/iscsid.8
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.sbin/iscsid/iscsid.8	Sun May 28 16:53:21 2017	(r319073)
+++ head/usr.sbin/iscsid/iscsid.8	Sun May 28 17:02:29 2017	(r319074)
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd September 12, 2014
+.Dd May 28, 2017
 .Dt ISCSID 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -43,12 +43,15 @@
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
-daemon is responsible for performing the Login Phase of iSCSI connections,
-as well as performing SendTargets discovery.
+daemon is the userspace component of the iSCSI initiator,
+responsible for performing the Login Phase
+of iSCSI connections and the SendTargets discovery.
 .Pp
 Upon startup, the
 .Nm
-daemon opens the iSCSI initiator device file and waits for kernel requests.
+daemon opens the iSCSI initiator device file and waits for requests
+from the kernel component,
+.Xr iscsi 4 .
 .Nm
 does not use any configuration files.
 All needed information is supplied by the kernel.


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