Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 18:16:41 +0000 (UTC) From: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r273235 - head/share/man/man8 Message-ID: <201410171816.s9HIGf2R092494@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: emaste Date: Fri Oct 17 18:16:40 2014 New Revision: 273235 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/273235 Log: Fix UEFI manpage whitespace and minor issues Submitted by: wblock MFC after: 4 days Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D959 Modified: head/share/man/man8/Makefile head/share/man/man8/uefi.8 Modified: head/share/man/man8/Makefile ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man8/Makefile Fri Oct 17 17:34:05 2014 (r273234) +++ head/share/man/man8/Makefile Fri Oct 17 18:16:40 2014 (r273235) @@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ MLINKS+=yp.8 NIS.8 \ .if ${MACHINE_CPUARCH} == "amd64" _uefi.8= uefi.8 -.endif +.endif .include <bsd.prog.mk> Modified: head/share/man/man8/uefi.8 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man8/uefi.8 Fri Oct 17 17:34:05 2014 (r273234) +++ head/share/man/man8/uefi.8 Fri Oct 17 18:16:40 2014 (r273235) @@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ .Nm UEFI .Nd Unified Extensible Firmware Interface bootstrapping procedures .Sh DESCRIPTION -The +The .Nm Unified Extensible Firmware Interface provides boot- and run-time services -services to operating systems. +to operating systems. .Nm is a replacement for the legacy BIOS on the i386 and amd64 CPU architectures, and is also used on arm64 and ia64. @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ The .Nm boot process loads system bootstrap code located in an EFI System Partition (ESP). -The ESP is a GPT or MBR parition with a specific identifier that contains an +The ESP is a GPT or MBR partition with a specific identifier that contains an .Xr msdosfs 5 FAT file system with a specified file hierarchy. .Bl -column -offset indent ".Sy Partition Scheme" ".Sy ESP Identifier" @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ FAT file system image containing for use by .Xr bsdinstall 8 and the -.Ar bootcode +.Ar bootcode argument to .Xr gpart 8 . .It Pa /boot/loader.efi @@ -110,26 +110,6 @@ default kernel .It Pa /boot/kernel.old/kernel typical non-default kernel (optional) .El -.Sh CAVEATS -EFI environment variables are not supported by -.Xr loader 8 -or the kernel. -.Pp -.Pa boot1.efi -loads -.Pa loader.efi -from the first FreeBSD-UFS file system it locates, even if it is on a -different disk. -.Pp -.Pa boot1.efi -cannot load -.Pa loader.efi -from a -.Xr ZFS 8 -file system. -As a result, -.Nm -does not support a typical root file system on ZFS configuration. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr vt 4 , .Xr msdosfs 5 , @@ -150,3 +130,23 @@ and The .Fx Foundation sponsored portions of the work. +.Sh CAVEATS +EFI environment variables are not supported by +.Xr loader 8 +or the kernel. +.Pp +.Pa boot1.efi +loads +.Pa loader.efi +from the first FreeBSD-UFS file system it locates, even if it is on a +different disk. +.Pp +.Pa boot1.efi +cannot load +.Pa loader.efi +from a +.Xr ZFS 8 +file system. +As a result, +.Nm +does not support a typical root file system on ZFS configuration.
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