Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 13:02:42 +0000 (UTC) From: Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r285870 - head/sys/boot/common Message-ID: <201507251302.t6PD2ggP033458@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: trasz Date: Sat Jul 25 13:02:41 2015 New Revision: 285870 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/285870 Log: Document md_root in loader(8). The md(4) manual page mentions it, but it's hard to find and easy to miss. Reviewed by: wblock@ MFC after: 2 weeks Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3183 Modified: head/sys/boot/common/loader.8 Modified: head/sys/boot/common/loader.8 ============================================================================== --- head/sys/boot/common/loader.8 Sat Jul 25 11:10:49 2015 (r285869) +++ head/sys/boot/common/loader.8 Sat Jul 25 13:02:41 2015 (r285870) @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 22, 2014 +.Dd July 25, 2015 .Dt LOADER 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -207,12 +207,18 @@ returns an error itself (see .Op Fl t Ar type .Ar file Cm ... .Xc -Loads a kernel, kernel loadable module (kld), or file of opaque -contents tagged as being of the type +Loads a kernel, kernel loadable module (kld), disk image, +or file of opaque contents tagged as being of the type .Ar type . Kernel and modules can be either in a.out or ELF format. Any arguments passed after the name of the file to be loaded will be passed as arguments to that file. +Use the +.Li md_image +type to make the kernel create a file-backed +.Xr md 4 +disk. +This is useful for booting from a temporary rootfs. Currently, argument passing does not work for the kernel. .Pp .It Ic load_geli Xo
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