Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:20:12 GMT From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/158992: loader.conf man page Message-ID: <201107181720.p6IHKCq3091339@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/158992; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Cc: wayne mitchell <wayne.mitchell.iz@gmail.com>,
freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/158992: loader.conf man page
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:15:45 -0400
On Sunday, July 17, 2011 5:27:58 am wayne mitchell wrote:
>
> >Number: 158992
> >Category: docs
> >Synopsis: loader.conf man page
> >Confidential: no
> >Severity: non-critical
> >Priority: low
> >Responsible: freebsd-doc
> >State: open
> >Quarter:
> >Keywords:
> >Date-Required:
> >Class: doc-bug
> >Submitter-Id: current-users
> >Arrival-Date: Sun Jul 17 09:30:12 UTC 2011
> >Closed-Date:
> >Last-Modified:
> >Originator: wayne mitchell
> >Release: 8.1-RELEASE
> >Organization:
> >Environment:
> FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE FreeBSd 8.1-RELEASE #(date)
root@mason.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/sys/GENERIC amd64
> >Description:
> man page for loader.conf shows values to set with examples
> value for 'kernel' is incorrect
> man page shows:
>
> kernel (''/boot/kernel/kernel'')
>
> this does not work, the system prepends this value with the /boot/kernel/
path value, which would give /boot/kernel//boot/kernel/kernel
> not sure what purpose this value has as the system boots with the standard
kernel even when this value is incorrect - though it does knock out the module
loading
The default value is actually "kernel". You can set it to, e.g. "test" to
boot from /boot/test/kernel (and modules from /boot/test).
How about this:
Index: loader.conf.5
===================================================================
--- loader.conf.5 (revision 224058)
+++ loader.conf.5 (working copy)
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ present file.
Name of the kernel to be loaded.
If no kernel name is set, no additional
modules will be loaded.
+The name must be a subdirectory of
+.Pa /boot
+that contains a kernel.
.It Ar kernel_options
Flags to be passed to the kernel.
.It Ar password
@@ -190,7 +193,7 @@ replacing it with
.Dq spinning
character (useful for embedded products and such).
.It Va kernel
-.Pq Dq Pa /boot/kernel/kernel
+.Pq Dq kernel
.It Va loader_conf_files
.Pq Dq Pa /boot/loader.conf /boot/loader.conf.local
.It Va splash_bmp_load
--
John Baldwin
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