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Author: brooks
Date: Thu Jul 23 17:27:10 2015
New Revision: 285817
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/285817

Log:
  Document the fact that tunables can be set in device.hints.
  
  Reviewed by:	wblock
  MFC after:	3 days
  Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3153

Modified:
  head/share/man/man5/device.hints.5

Modified: head/share/man/man5/device.hints.5
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man5/device.hints.5	Thu Jul 23 15:50:39 2015	(r285816)
+++ head/share/man/man5/device.hints.5	Thu Jul 23 17:27:10 2015	(r285817)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd September 11, 2009
+.Dd July 23, 2015
 .Dt DEVICE.HINTS 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -41,9 +41,8 @@ passed to the kernel.
 It contains various variables to control the boot behavior of
 the kernel.
 These variables are typically
-.Dq device hints .
-.\" .Dq device hints ,
-.\" and other control variables.
+.Dq device hints ,
+but can include any kernel tunable values.
 .Pp
 The file contains one variable per line.
 Lines starting with the
@@ -152,12 +151,11 @@ The following example disables the ACPI 
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
 .Ed
-.\" .Pp
-.\" A control variable may look like:
-.\" .Pp
-.\" .Bd -literal -offset indent
-.\" debug.acpi.layer="ACPI_RESOURCES"
-.\" .Ed
+.Pp
+Setting a tunable variable:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+vm.pmap.pg_ps_enabled=1
+.Ed
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr kenv 1 ,
 .Xr loader.conf 5 ,