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Date:      Sun, 23 May 2004 23:54:33 +0200
From:      des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/eeprom Makefile eeprom.8 eeprom.c  ofw_options.c ofw_options.h
Message-ID:  <xzpu0y6ermu.fsf@dwp.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <p06020409bcd6c46a4d65@[128.113.24.47]> (Garance A. Drosihn's message of "Sun, 23 May 2004 17:18:48 -0400")
References:  <200405221656.i4MGu50k062998@repoman.freebsd.org> <xzp3c5rf0gu.fsf@dwp.des.no> <p06020409bcd6c46a4d65@[128.113.24.47]>

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Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> writes:
> "Handle", in what sense?  How does /boot/loader.conf have any
> connection to anything PROM-ish?

They are both used to set boot parameters such as which device to use
for /, and to a certain extent to configure the hardware.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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