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Date:      Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:33:05 +0000
From:      Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: de67d3cfc653 - stable/15 - boot.config.5: Clarify that this controls legacy boot blocks
Message-ID:  <69384f41.9f00.4684f492@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch stable/15 has been updated by emaste:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=de67d3cfc6537f6bfa8f2601da7af9c165d09075

commit de67d3cfc6537f6bfa8f2601da7af9c165d09075
Author:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-09-09 16:06:03 +0000
Commit:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-12-09 16:32:09 +0000

    boot.config.5: Clarify that this controls legacy boot blocks
    
    Reviewed by;    ziaee
    Sponsored by:   The FreeBSD Foundation
    Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D52460
    
    (cherry picked from commit e96359d111aaffa6bf0ea72a6f183eb3b91e6c72)
---
 share/man/man5/boot.config.5 | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/share/man/man5/boot.config.5 b/share/man/man5/boot.config.5
index 0b6d4c7b34e9..ddc232952f10 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/boot.config.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/boot.config.5
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
 .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
-.Dd October 12, 2020
+.Dd November 14, 2025
 .Dt BOOT.CONFIG 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm boot.config
-.Nd "Configuration file for the boot blocks"
+.Nd "Configuration file for the legacy boot blocks"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ file contains options for the
 .Fx
 boot block code.
 .Pp
-When the
+When the first- and second-stage
 .Fx
-boot loader runs, it searches the
+boot loaders run, they search the
 .Dq Li a
 slice of the boot partition for a
 .Nm


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