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Date:      Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:18:24 +0000 (UTC)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r224228 - head/sys/boot/forth
Message-ID:  <201107201518.p6KFIOBS021825@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: jhb
Date: Wed Jul 20 15:18:24 2011
New Revision: 224228
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/224228

Log:
  Note that the "kernel" variable in loader.conf is the name of a directory
  containing a kernel under /boot and that it's default value is "kernel"
  not "/boot/kernel/kernel".
  
  PR:		docs/158992
  Reported by:	Wayne Mitchell  wayne.mitchell.iz at gmail
  Approved by:	re (kib)
  MFC after:	1 week

Modified:
  head/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf.5

Modified: head/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf.5
==============================================================================
--- head/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf.5	Wed Jul 20 13:29:39 2011	(r224227)
+++ head/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf.5	Wed Jul 20 15:18:24 2011	(r224228)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
-.Dd January 16, 2008
+.Dd July 20, 2011
 .Dt LOADER.CONF 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ present file.
 Name of the kernel to be loaded.
 If no kernel name is set, no additional
 modules will be loaded.
+The name must be a subdirectory of
+.Pa /boot
+that contains a kernel.
 .It Ar kernel_options
 Flags to be passed to the kernel.
 .It Ar password
@@ -190,7 +193,7 @@ replacing it with
 .Dq spinning
 character (useful for embedded products and such).
 .It Va kernel
-.Pq Dq Pa /boot/kernel/kernel
+.Pq Dq kernel
 .It Va loader_conf_files
 .Pq Dq Pa /boot/loader.conf /boot/loader.conf.local
 .It Va splash_bmp_load



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