[lvm-devel] master - man: clarify lvcreate size in extents
David Teigland
teigland at fedoraproject.org
Wed Jul 6 16:36:52 UTC 2016
Gitweb: http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=lvm2.git;a=commitdiff;h=351bcf5f82a76b897cd431e3709759507566ee7b
Commit: 351bcf5f82a76b897cd431e3709759507566ee7b
Parent: f6b98ec7cac4ce2c4022057eddf6c1e49a2f7748
Author: David Teigland <teigland at redhat.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Jul 6 11:35:50 2016 -0500
Committer: David Teigland <teigland at redhat.com>
CommitterDate: Wed Jul 6 11:35:50 2016 -0500
man: clarify lvcreate size in extents
---
man/lvcreate.8.in | 23 +++++++++++------------
1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/lvcreate.8.in b/man/lvcreate.8.in
index 3e2bf32..da308fa 100644
--- a/man/lvcreate.8.in
+++ b/man/lvcreate.8.in
@@ -329,19 +329,18 @@ is specified.
.IR LogicalExtentsNumber \c
.RB [ % { VG | PVS | FREE | ORIGIN }]
.br
-Gives the number of logical extents to allocate for the new
-logical volume. The total number of physical extents allocated will be
-greater than this, for example, if the volume is mirrored.
-The number can also be expressed as a percentage of the total space
-in the Volume Group with the suffix \fB%VG\fP, as a percentage of the
-remaining free space in the Volume Group with the suffix \fB%FREE\fP, as a
-percentage of the remaining free space for the specified
+The size of the new LV in logical extents. The number of physical extents
+allocated may be different, and depends on the LV type, e.g. mirroring.
+The number of logical extents can also be expressed as a percentage of the
+total space in the Volume Group with the suffix \fB%VG\fP, as a percentage
+of the remaining free space in the Volume Group with the suffix
+\fB%FREE\fP, as a percentage of the remaining free space for the specified
PhysicalVolume(s) with the suffix \fB%PVS\fP, or (for a snapshot) as a
-percentage of the total space in the Origin Logical Volume with the
-suffix \fB%ORIGIN\fP (i.e. \fB100%ORIGIN\fP provides space for the whole origin).
-When expressed as a percentage, the number is treated
-as an approximate upper limit for the number of physical extents
-to be allocated (including extents used by any mirrors, for example).
+percentage of the total space in the Origin Logical Volume with the suffix
+\fB%ORIGIN\fP (i.e. \fB100%ORIGIN\fP provides space for the whole origin).
+When expressed as a percentage, the number is treated as an approximate
+upper limit, and the actual size of the LV (in logical extents) may be
+less.
.
.HP
.BR \-j | \-\-major
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