Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 23:21:07 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 206300] /boot/defaults/loader.conf nextboot_enable should have a doc comment Message-ID: <bug-206300-10@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D206300 Bug ID: 206300 Summary: /boot/defaults/loader.conf nextboot_enable should have a doc comment Product: Base System Version: 10.2-STABLE Hardware: i386 OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: conf Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: joelh@piquan.org CC: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org CC: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org In /boot/defaults/loader.conf, there is an option nextboot_enable=3D"NO". = From this name, I thought that this would need to be enabled for the nextboot(8) command to work. In actuality, it needs to be "NO" under normal circumstances, and is change= d to "YES" by nextboot(8). Turning it on when nextboot.conf isn't written used = to be harmless, but after some recent loader.4th changes, it now causes the bootloader to get a stack underflow and fail. It would be useful to add a comment to /boot/defaults/loader.conf describing the variable's correct use. For instance: # Temporarily set to "YES" by nextboot(8) in nextboot_conf to request speci= al processing --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.=
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