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Date:      Fri, 8 Oct 2021 16:09:02 GMT
From:      Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: 3c880137ef67 - stable/12 - Loader: explain the syntax of currdev
Message-ID:  <202110081609.198G929K002015@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch stable/12 has been updated by kevans:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3c880137ef67e784710178d7867c400de650abd3

commit 3c880137ef67e784710178d7867c400de650abd3
Author:     Allan Jude <allanjude@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2020-07-13 02:09:21 +0000
Commit:     Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2021-10-08 08:12:01 +0000

    Loader: explain the syntax of currdev
    
    The origin text was: "Syntax for devices is odd."
    That is not very helpful.
    
    PR:             199103
    
    (cherry picked from commit 551d20f044f3fa5e4f59d6303f1a2a70c1bf2297)
---
 stand/man/loader.8 | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/stand/man/loader.8 b/stand/man/loader.8
index b5f770803bff..3051f9bda6e4 100644
--- a/stand/man/loader.8
+++ b/stand/man/loader.8
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd April 7, 2021
+.Dd October 8, 2021
 .Dt LOADER 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -479,8 +479,14 @@ In that case, the first listed console will become the default console for
 userland output (e.g.\& from
 .Xr init 8 ) .
 .It Va currdev
-Selects the default device.
-Syntax for devices is odd.
+Selects the default device to loader the kernel from.
+The syntax is:
+.Dl Ic loader_device:
+or
+.Dl Ic zfs:dataset:
+Examples:
+.Dl Ic disk0p2:
+.Dl Ic zfs:zroot/ROOT/default:
 .It Va dumpdev
 Sets the device for kernel dumps.
 This can be used to ensure that a device is configured before the corresponding



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