From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 13 03:01:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56C4316A4CE for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2004 03:01:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3523243D45 for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2004 03:01:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i5D30mif059535 for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2004 03:00:48 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i5D30mjB059510; Sun, 13 Jun 2004 03:00:48 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 03:00:48 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200406130300.i5D30mjB059510@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Chris Pepper Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39E9916A4CE for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2004 02:56:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from www.reppep.com (www.reppep.com [66.92.104.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E127143D5D for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2004 02:56:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pepper@reppep.com) Received: by www.reppep.com (Postfix, from userid 501) id 3CAECFDC7; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 22:56:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20040613025644.3CAECFDC7@www.reppep.com> Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 22:56:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Pepper To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 cc: ru@reppep.com Subject: docs/67893: boot.8's -m description is insufficient. X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Chris Pepper List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 03:01:02 -0000 >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: