svn commit: r185698 - in stable/7/sys: . boot/forth

[Giorgos Keramidas]

Author: keramida (doc committer)
Date: Sat Dec  6 13:38:53 2008
New Revision: 185698
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/185698

Log:
  MFC: r175379, r175380
  
  Document that loader(8) stops reading `loader.conf' when it
  encounters a syntax error, and add a tip about adding first
  the `vital' options and then experimental ones.
  
  PR:             docs/119658
  Submitted by:   Julian Stacey, jhs at berklix.org
  Approved by:    re (kib)

Modified:
  stable/7/sys/   (props changed)
  stable/7/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf.5

Modified: stable/7/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf.5
==============================================================================
--- stable/7/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf.5	Sat Dec  6 13:37:15 2008	(r185697)
+++ stable/7/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf.5	Sat Dec  6 13:38:53 2008	(r185698)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
-.Dd November 15, 2005
+.Dd January 16, 2008
 .Dt LOADER.CONF 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -238,6 +238,16 @@ contains the instructions to automatical
 .Xr boot 8 ,
 .Xr loader 8 ,
 .Xr loader.4th 8
+.Sh BUGS
+The
+.Xr loader 8
+stops reading
+.Nm
+when it encounters a syntax error, so any options which are vital for
+booting a particular system (i.e.\& 
+.Dq Va hw.ata.ata_dma Ns "=0" )
+should precede any experimental additions to
+.Nm .
 .Sh HISTORY
 The file
 .Nm