Module Name: src
Committed By: ahoka
Date: Tue Sep 1 21:30:17 UTC 2009
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man8/man8.i386: boot.8
Log Message:
Document the vesa command.
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diff -u src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/boot.8:1.50 src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/boot.8:1.51
--- src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/boot.8:1.50 Mon May 18 12:26:15 2009
+++ src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/boot.8 Tue Sep 1 21:30:17 2009
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.50 2009/05/18 12:26:15 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.51 2009/09/01 21:30:17 ahoka Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)boot_i386.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
.\"
-.Dd October 30, 2008
+.Dd September 1, 2009
.Dt BOOT 8 i386
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -350,6 +350,20 @@
.Sx Console Selection Policy
in
.Xr boot_console 8 .
+.It Ic vesa Va modenum | on | off | enabled | disabled | list
+Initialise the video card to the specified resolution and bit depth.
+The
+.Va modenum
+should be in the form of
+.Ar 0x100 , 800x600 , 800x600x32 .
+The values
+.Ar enabled , on
+put the display into the default mode, and
+.Ar disabled , off
+returns the display into standard vga mode.
+The value
+.Ar list
+lists all supported modes.
.It Ic dev Op Va device
Set the default drive and partition for subsequent filesystem
operations.
