Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 23:46:58 +0100 From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Luigi Rizzo <luigi@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn: head/sys/i386/conf Message-ID: <20090106224658.GB3130@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <4963D4E9.707@FreeBSD.org> References: <200901061510.n06FAQ0g034585@svn.freebsd.org> <4963D4E9.707@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 02:02:17PM -0800, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > Luigi Rizzo wrote: > >+# through getenv() (or kenv(1) in userland). The format of the file > >+# is 'variable=value' , same as for hints files. > > What do you think about extending comment with the following: > > "hints files" -> "hints or loader.conf(5) files". i don't know -- in fact, I have a curiosity here: loader.conf is processed by some code in loader.4th which in turn is interpreted by loader.conf, and this chain does some magic on certain variable names (and can also do $variable expansion). Instead, I believe that 'hints' (and presumably 'env' values) are passed directly to the kernel, so there are no special manipulation of variable names or values. Is that correct ? cheers luigi
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