Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 21:15:28 +0000 (UTC) From: Ian Lepore <ian@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-10@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r278637 - stable/10/sys/boot/common Message-ID: <201502122115.t1CLFSTJ008868@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: ian Date: Thu Feb 12 21:15:28 2015 New Revision: 278637 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/278637 Log: MFC r276306: Use proper markup for quotes. Modified: stable/10/sys/boot/common/loader.8 Directory Properties: stable/10/ (props changed) Modified: stable/10/sys/boot/common/loader.8 ============================================================================== --- stable/10/sys/boot/common/loader.8 Thu Feb 12 21:10:32 2015 (r278636) +++ stable/10/sys/boot/common/loader.8 Thu Feb 12 21:15:28 2015 (r278637) @@ -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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