Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2020 07:54:09 +0000 (UTC) From: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r365025 - head/stand/man Message-ID: <202009010754.0817s9Xt021487@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: imp Date: Tue Sep 1 07:54:09 2020 New Revision: 365025 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/365025 Log: Very preliminary loader.efi(8) man page Added: head/stand/man/loader.efi.8 (contents, props changed) Modified: head/stand/man/Makefile Modified: head/stand/man/Makefile ============================================================================== --- head/stand/man/Makefile Tue Sep 1 07:46:27 2020 (r365024) +++ head/stand/man/Makefile Tue Sep 1 07:54:09 2020 (r365025) @@ -6,5 +6,8 @@ MAN+= boot1.efi.8 .endif MAN+= loader.8 +.if ${MK_EFI} != "no" +MAN+= loader.efi.8 +.endif .include <bsd.prog.mk> Added: head/stand/man/loader.efi.8 ============================================================================== --- /dev/null 00:00:00 1970 (empty, because file is newly added) +++ head/stand/man/loader.efi.8 Tue Sep 1 07:54:09 2020 (r365025) @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2019 Netflix, Inc +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd April 25, 2019 +.Dt LOADER.EFI 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm loader.efi +.Nd UEFI kernel loader +.Sh DESCRIPTION +On UEFI systems, +.Nm +loads the kernel. +It is installed into the ESP (EFI System Partition), either in the +default location of +.Pa /efi/boot/bootXXX.efi +within the ESP, in the +.Fx +reserved area as +.Pa /efi/freebsd/loader.efi +within the ESP , +or within the system as +.Pa /boot/loader.efi . +.Xr boot1.efi 8 +is used to load +.Nm +when it is placed within the system. + +
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