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Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2021 16:09:04 UTC
The branch stable/12 has been updated by kevans:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=d51e35f3f6e64d15308fd1ac9e2c09bdc6592388
commit d51e35f3f6e64d15308fd1ac9e2c09bdc6592388
Author: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2020-09-01 07:54:09 +0000
Commit: Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2021-10-08 08:12:08 +0000
Very preliminary loader.efi(8) man page
(cherry picked from commit 2b6d38a1db31967572042a0fe01d980475eb32f1)
---
stand/man/Makefile | 3 +++
stand/man/loader.efi.8 | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 55 insertions(+)
diff --git a/stand/man/Makefile b/stand/man/Makefile
index 9f0d4fe108d2..73090ae6b1bf 100644
--- a/stand/man/Makefile
+++ b/stand/man/Makefile
@@ -3,5 +3,8 @@
.include <bsd.init.mk>
MAN+= loader.8
+.if ${MK_EFI} != "no"
+MAN+= loader.efi.8
+.endif
.include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/stand/man/loader.efi.8 b/stand/man/loader.efi.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..112f10b79cdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stand/man/loader.efi.8
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2019 Netflix, Inc
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd April 25, 2019
+.Dt LOADER.EFI 8
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm loader.efi
+.Nd UEFI kernel loader
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+On UEFI systems,
+.Nm
+loads the kernel.
+It is installed into the ESP (EFI System Partition), either in the
+default location of
+.Pa /efi/boot/bootXXX.efi
+within the ESP, in the
+.Fx
+reserved area as
+.Pa /efi/freebsd/loader.efi
+within the ESP ,
+or within the system as
+.Pa /boot/loader.efi .
+.Xr boot1.efi 8
+is used to load
+.Nm
+when it is placed within the system.
+
+