Module Name: src
Committed By: apb
Date: Sat Aug 16 11:39:47 UTC 2014
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man8: boot.8
Log Message:
Mention that some platforms may have boot menus, and may support
other boot protocols. Also change some [i386 only] comments to [x86 only].
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.14 -r1.15 src/share/man/man8/boot.8
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Index: src/share/man/man8/boot.8
diff -u src/share/man/man8/boot.8:1.14 src/share/man/man8/boot.8:1.15
--- src/share/man/man8/boot.8:1.14 Sat Aug 16 08:43:12 2014
+++ src/share/man/man8/boot.8 Sat Aug 16 11:39:47 2014
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.14 2014/08/16 08:43:12 apb Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.15 2014/08/16 11:39:47 apb Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Additional information may be found in
architecture-specific
.Xr boot 8
manual pages.
-.Pp
+.Ss Boot Protocol
In the native
.Nx
boot protocol, options are passed from the boot loader
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ to the kernel via flag bits in the
.Va boothowto
variable (see
.Xr boothowto 9 ) .
+Some boot loaders may also support other boot protocols.
+.Ss Menu
+Some boot loaders may present a menu, which may be configured via
+.Xr boot.cfg 5 .
.Ss Interactive mode
In interactive mode, the boot loader will present a prompt, allowing
input of these commands:
@@ -226,7 +230,7 @@ is of the form specified in
.It Ic help
Print an overview about commands and arguments.
.\" .It Ic load Va module Op Va arguments
-.\" [i386 only]
+.\" [x86 only]
.It Ic ls Op Pa path
Print a directory listing of
.Pa path ,
@@ -234,9 +238,11 @@ containing inode number, filename, and f
.Pa path
can contain a device specification.
.\" .It Ic multiboot Va kernel Op Va arguments
-.\" [i386 only]
+.\" [x86 only]
.It Ic quit
Reboot the system.
+.\" .It Ic userconf Va command
+.\" [x86only]
.El
.Pp
In an emergency, the bootstrap methods described in the
@@ -249,7 +255,7 @@ can be used.
boot program code loaded by the primary bootstrap
.\" .It Pa /boot.cfg
.\" optional configuration file
-.\" (used only on i386 and amd64 architectures)
+.\" [x86 only]
.It Pa /netbsd
system code
.It Pa /netbsd.gz
@@ -272,7 +278,7 @@ manual pages (such as
.Xr x86/boot 8 ) ,
.Xr ddb 4 ,
.Xr userconf 4 ,
-.\" .Xr boot.cfg 5 ,
+.\" .Xr boot.cfg 5 [x86 only] ,
.Xr halt 8 ,
.Xr installboot 8 ,
.Xr reboot 8 ,
