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Document kern.geom.part.check_integrity sysctl variable.

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.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd May 27, 2011
.Dd May 30, 2011
.Dt GPART 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -802,6 +802,22 @@ providers and some of them will be marked as corrupt.
Be careful when choosing a provider for recovering.
If you choose incorrectly you can destroy the metadata of another GEOM class,
e.g. GEOM MIRROR or GEOM LABEL.
.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
The following
.Xr sysctl 8
variables can be used to control the behavior of the
.Nm PART
GEOM class.
The default value is shown next to each variable.
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Va kern.geom.part.check_integrity : No 1
This variable controls the behaviour of metadata integrity checks.
When integrity checks are enabled
.Nm PART
GEOM class verifies all generic partition parameters that it gets from the
disk metadata. If some inconsistency is detected, partition table will be
rejected with a diagnostic message:
.Pa GEOM_PART: Integrity check failed (provider, scheme) .
.Sh EXIT STATUS
Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command fails.
.Sh EXAMPLES