Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:06:44 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [patch] nextboot(8) arbitrary kernel environment Message-ID: <201201311006.44546.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20120130195721.GA14612@sandvine.com> References: <20120130195721.GA14612@sandvine.com>
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On Monday, January 30, 2012 2:57:22 pm Ed Maste wrote: > I have a patch to allow nextboot(8) to set arbitrary kernel environment > variables (not just the kernel dir and kernel_options). The usage becomes: > > Usage: nextboot [-e variable=value] [-f] [-k kernel] [-o options] > nextboot -D > > and the new option is documented as: > > -e variable=value > This option adds the provided variable and value to the ker- > nel environment. The value is quoted when written to the > nextboot configuration. > > The patch also makes -k an option (no longer mandatory). The patch is at > http://people.freebsd.org/~emaste/nextboot.diff . I'll commit it in a few > days if no concerns are raised by review or my testing. Nice! I like both of these features. -- John Baldwin
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