Module Name: src
Committed By: mlelstv
Date: Sun May 30 06:05:24 UTC 2021
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man8/man8.x86: boot.8
Log Message:
Add "root" command to pass a root specification.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.24 -r1.25 src/share/man/man8/man8.x86/boot.8
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Modified files:
Index: src/share/man/man8/man8.x86/boot.8
diff -u src/share/man/man8/man8.x86/boot.8:1.24 src/share/man/man8/man8.x86/boot.8:1.25
--- src/share/man/man8/man8.x86/boot.8:1.24 Thu Apr 22 01:36:25 2021
+++ src/share/man/man8/man8.x86/boot.8 Sun May 30 06:05:24 2021
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.24 2021/04/22 01:36:25 rin Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.25 2021/05/30 06:05:24 mlelstv Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -617,6 +617,9 @@ See the foreign operating system's docum
.El
.It Ic quit
Reboot the system.
+.It Ic root Ar spec
+Pass an explicit root specification to the kernel.
+See BTINFO_ROOTDEVICE for details.
.It Ic rndseed Ar file
Load the specified
.Ar file
@@ -713,8 +716,10 @@ This will be automatically substituted b
.Xr dk 4
wedge if one is discovered.
.Pp
-The bootloader passes a wedge name as
+If the bootloader passes a wedge name as
.Dq Li wedge:
+or
+.Dq Li NAME=
followed by the name.
The kernel will search for a
.Xr dk 4
