Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 22:56:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Pepper <pepper@reppep.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: ru@reppep.com Subject: docs/67893: boot.8's -m description is insufficient. Message-ID: <20040613025644.3CAECFDC7@www.reppep.com> Resent-Message-ID: <200406130300.i5D30mjB059510@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 67893 >Category: docs >Synopsis: boot.8's -m description is insufficient. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Jun 13 03:00:47 GMT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Chris Pepper >Release: FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD www.reppep.com 4.10-STABLE FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE #15: Sun May 30 22:18:46 EDT 2004 root@www.reppep.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/REPPEP i386 >Description: The boot.8 man page (/src/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8, as of 1.34) says that -m is for "mute the console." This is succinct at the expense of clarity. I thought it suppressed the PC speaker, but instead it suppresses all boot-time (pre-FreeBSD) console output, and presumably disables input as well (I didn't see an obvious equivalent in loader.8). >How-To-Repeat: "man boot |grep mute". "echo -m >> /boot.config; reboot" >Fix: I'm not sure if it suppresses input, or just output, but perhaps change the description to something like "suppress all console output, and disable console input, during the boot process." >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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