Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2023 12:22:15 GMT From: Guido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: bce728719e7f - main - Add paragraph documenting loader.env functionlity Message-ID: <202311061222.3A6CMFuR021617@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by madpilot: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=bce728719e7f57272d99b6d039f10b4c636fa024 commit bce728719e7f57272d99b6d039f10b4c636fa024 Author: Guido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2023-11-06 12:11:26 +0000 Commit: Guido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2023-11-06 12:21:53 +0000 Add paragraph documenting loader.env functionlity Approved by: docs (carlavilla) Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D42476 --- stand/man/loader.efi.8 | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/stand/man/loader.efi.8 b/stand/man/loader.efi.8 index 37f56cf7be3f..16165c68556b 100644 --- a/stand/man/loader.efi.8 +++ b/stand/man/loader.efi.8 @@ -205,6 +205,14 @@ does not implement the probe .Fl P functionality where we use the video console if a keyboard is connected and a serial console otherwise. +.Ss Additional Environment Variables +.Nm +loads some extra variables early in startup from +.Pa /efi/freebsd/loader.env +from the EFI partition. Only simple variables can be set here. It can be useful to specify the root filesystem: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +rootdev=disk0s1a +.Ed .Ss Staging Slop The kernel must parse the firmware memory map tables to know what memory it can use.
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