Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 21:48:26 +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: r303682 - head/usr.sbin/kgzip Message-ID: <201608022148.u72LmQkZ037026@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: emaste Date: Tue Aug 2 21:48:26 2016 New Revision: 303682 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/303682 Log: kgzip.8: note that it is deprecated and clarify BUGS section kgzip is only useful on i386 and has a number of other limitations. We're better served by officially deprecating it and encouraging users to use loader(8) instead. Reviewed by: dteske, wblock Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D7098 Modified: head/usr.sbin/kgzip/kgzip.8 Modified: head/usr.sbin/kgzip/kgzip.8 ============================================================================== --- head/usr.sbin/kgzip/kgzip.8 Tue Aug 2 21:17:59 2016 (r303681) +++ head/usr.sbin/kgzip/kgzip.8 Tue Aug 2 21:48:26 2016 (r303682) @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 19, 1999 +.Dd August 2, 2016 .Dt KGZIP 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ .Op Fl o Ar output .Ar file .Sh DESCRIPTION +.Bf -symbolic +This utility is deprecated. +Users are advised to use +.Xr loader 8 +and compress the kernel with +.Xr gzip 1 . +.Ef +.Pp The .Nm utility compresses a kernel or some other bootable binary. @@ -137,7 +145,12 @@ The default loader As symbols are lost, the usefulness of this utility for compressing kernels is limited to situations where .Xr loader 8 -cannot be used; otherwise the preferred method of compressing a kernel +cannot be used. +.Pp +.Pa kgzldr.o +is only available for the i386 and pc98 architectures. +.Pp +The preferred method of compressing a kernel is simply to .Xr gzip 1 it.
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