Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 17:02:10 +0000 (UTC) From: Ian Lepore <ian@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r276306 - head/sys/boot/common Message-ID: <201412271702.sBRH2A1p090479@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: ian Date: Sat Dec 27 17:02:09 2014 New Revision: 276306 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/276306 Log: Use the proper markup for single quotes. Modified: head/sys/boot/common/loader.8 Modified: head/sys/boot/common/loader.8 ============================================================================== --- head/sys/boot/common/loader.8 Sat Dec 27 16:43:22 2014 (r276305) +++ head/sys/boot/common/loader.8 Sat Dec 27 17:02:09 2014 (r276306) @@ -671,8 +671,9 @@ Overrides the compile-time set value of or the preset default of 512. Must be a power of 2. .It Va twiddle_divisor -Throttles the output of the `twiddle' I/O progress indicator displayed -while loading the kernel and modules. +Throttles the output of the +.Sq twiddle +I/O progress indicator displayed while loading the kernel and modules. This is useful on slow serial consoles where the time spent waiting for these characters to be written can add up to many seconds. The default is 1 (full speed); a value of 2 spins half as fast, and so on.
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