From owner-svn-src-head@freebsd.org Sun May 21 22:10:10 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A069D78A40; Sun, 21 May 2017 22:10:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2A3E7F15; Sun, 21 May 2017 22:10:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id v4LMA9ef039612; Sun, 21 May 2017 22:10:09 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from bjk@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id v4LMA9i0039611; Sun, 21 May 2017 22:10:09 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201705212210.v4LMA9i0039611@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: bjk set sender to bjk@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Benjamin Kaduk Date: Sun, 21 May 2017 22:10:09 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r318599 - head/usr.sbin/efivar X-SVN-Group: head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 May 2017 22:10:10 -0000 Author: bjk (doc committer) Date: Sun May 21 22:10:08 2017 New Revision: 318599 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/318599 Log: Updates for efivar.8 Fix spelling [1], appease igor and mandoc -Tlint, and adopt the language style to be more consistent with our corpus. PR: 219434 [1] Submitted by: olgeni [1] Modified: head/usr.sbin/efivar/efivar.8 Modified: head/usr.sbin/efivar/efivar.8 ============================================================================== --- head/usr.sbin/efivar/efivar.8 Sun May 21 21:33:15 2017 (r318598) +++ head/usr.sbin/efivar/efivar.8 Sun May 21 22:10:08 2017 (r318599) @@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd March 4, 2017 +.Dd May 21, 2017 .Dt EFIVAR 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm efivar -.Nd UEFI environemnt variable interaction +.Nd UEFI environment variable interaction .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl abdDHlLNpRtw @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ This program manages .Pq UEFI environment variables. UEFI variables have three part: A namespace, a name and a value. -The namespace is a GUID that's self assigned by the group defining the +The namespace is a GUID that is self assigned by the group defining the variables. The name is a Unicode name for the variable. The value is binary data. @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ The following options are available: Specify the name of the variable to operate on. The .Ar name -argument is the GUID of variable, followed by a dash, followed by the +argument is the GUID of the variable, followed by a dash, followed by the UEFI variable name. The GUID may be in numeric format, or may be one of the well known symbolic name (see @@ -86,19 +86,19 @@ This flag implies unless the .Fl -append flag is given. -This is not well understood and currently unimplemented. +This behavior is not well understood and is currently unimplemented. .It Fl a Fl -append Append the specified value to the UEFI variable rather than replacing -it.p +it. .It Fl t Ar attr Fl -attributes Ar attr -Specify, in user hostile hexidecimal, the attributes for this +Specify, in hexadecimal, the attributes for this variable. See section 7.2 (GetVariable subsection, Related Definitions) of the UEFI Specification for hex values to use. .It Fl A Fl -ascii Display the variable data as modified ascii: All printable characters are printed, while unprintable characters are rendered as a two-digit -hexadecimal number preceeded by a % character. +hexadecimal number preceded by a % character. .It Fl b Fl -binary Display the variable data as binary data. Usually will be used with the @@ -155,29 +155,27 @@ can be used to specify simple strings. Display the .Ar name environment variable. +.El .Sh COMPATIBILITY The .Nm -program is intended to be compatible (strict superset) with a progam -of the same name included in the Red Hat libefivar package. -.Pp -Except the +program is intended to be compatible (strict superset) with a program +of the same name included in the Red Hat libefivar package, +but the .Fl d and .Fl -print-decimal -flags are not implmenented and never will be. +flags are not implemented and never will be. +.Pp The .Fl d -flag is a short-hand for +flag is short for .Fl -device-path . .Sh SEE ALSO Appendix A of the UEFI specification has the format for GUIDs. All GUIDs .Dq Globally Unique Identifiers have the format described in RFC 4122. -.El -.Pp -.Xr efivar 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm