[patch] nextboot(8) arbitrary kernel environment
John Baldwin
jhb at freebsd.org
Tue Jan 31 15:19:15 UTC 2012
On Monday, January 30, 2012 2:57:22 pm Ed Maste wrote:
> I have a patch to allow nextboot(8) to set arbitrary kernel environment
> variables (not just the kernel dir and kernel_options). The usage becomes:
>
> Usage: nextboot [-e variable=value] [-f] [-k kernel] [-o options]
> nextboot -D
>
> and the new option is documented as:
>
> -e variable=value
> This option adds the provided variable and value to the ker-
> nel environment. The value is quoted when written to the
> nextboot configuration.
>
> The patch also makes -k an option (no longer mandatory). The patch is at
> http://people.freebsd.org/~emaste/nextboot.diff . I'll commit it in a few
> days if no concerns are raised by review or my testing.
Nice! I like both of these features.
--
John Baldwin
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