Print detailed information (within the given class) about all geoms (if no additional arguments were specified) or the given geoms. This command is only available if the given class exists in the kernel.
status
Print general information (within the given class) about all geoms (if no additional arguments were specified) or the given geoms. This command is only available if the given class exists in the kernel.
Additional options include:
-s
Produce script-friendly output.
load
Load the kernel module that implements the given class. This command is only available if the class does not yet exist in the kernel and the file geom_<class.ko> can be found in one of the directories specifed in kern.module_path sysctl.
unload
Unload the kernel module which implements the given class. This command is only available if the given class is loaded as a kernel module.
Class-specific commands are implemented as shared libraries which are stored in /lib/geom/ directory and are loaded via dlopen(3) function when the class name is known. When a class-specific shared library exists, a direct utility should also be available under the name of g class.
Currently available classes which are aware of geom(8):
