svn commit: r186404 - head/usr.bin/elf2aout

[Tom Rhodes]

Author: trhodes
Date: Tue Dec 23 01:22:57 2008
New Revision: 186404
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/186404

Log:
  Add a basic manual page for elf2aout.
  Alter Makefile and remove NO_MAN.
  
  PR:	109975

Added:
  head/usr.bin/elf2aout/elf2aout.1   (contents, props changed)
Modified:
  head/usr.bin/elf2aout/Makefile

Modified: head/usr.bin/elf2aout/Makefile
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--- head/usr.bin/elf2aout/Makefile	Mon Dec 22 22:40:17 2008	(r186403)
+++ head/usr.bin/elf2aout/Makefile	Tue Dec 23 01:22:57 2008	(r186404)
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PROG=	elf2aout
-NO_MAN=
+
 NO_WERROR=
 WARNS?=	5
 

Added: head/usr.bin/elf2aout/elf2aout.1
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--- /dev/null	00:00:00 1970	(empty, because file is newly added)
+++ head/usr.bin/elf2aout/elf2aout.1	Tue Dec 23 01:22:57 2008	(r186404)
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Tom Rhodes
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" 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
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd December 23, 2008
+.Dt ELF2AOUT 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm elf2aout
+.Nd "Convert ELF binary to a.out format"
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Fl o outfile
+.Ar infile
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+utility is used to convert an ELF formatted binary,
+namely a kernel, to an a.out formatted one.
+Most
+.Tn OpenBoot
+firmware require an a.out format or FCode boot image
+and this utility is designed to accommodate.
+If
+.Ar infile
+is not in ELF format, an error message will be presented.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr elf 3 ,
+.Xr a.out 5
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+utility first appeared in
+.Fx 4.6 .
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An -nosplit
+The
+.Nm
+utility was written by
+.An Jake Burkholder Aq jake at FreeBSD.org .
+This manual page was written by
+.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes at FreeBSD.org .