svn commit: r363139 - head/stand/man
Allan Jude
allanjude at FreeBSD.org
Mon Jul 13 02:09:22 UTC 2020
Author: allanjude
Date: Mon Jul 13 02:09:21 2020
New Revision: 363139
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/363139
Log:
Loader: explain the syntax of currdev
The origin text was: "Syntax for devices is odd."
That is not very helpful.
PR: 199103
Reviewed by: kevans, tsoome
Sponsored by: Klara Inc.
Event: July 2020 Bugathon
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D25629
Modified:
head/stand/man/loader.8
Modified: head/stand/man/loader.8
==============================================================================
--- head/stand/man/loader.8 Mon Jul 13 01:32:37 2020 (r363138)
+++ head/stand/man/loader.8 Mon Jul 13 02:09:21 2020 (r363139)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd August 15, 2018
+.Dd July 11, 2020
.Dt LOADER 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -479,8 +479,14 @@ In that case, the first listed console will become the
userland output (e.g.\& from
.Xr init 8 ) .
.It Va currdev
-Selects the default device.
-Syntax for devices is odd.
+Selects the default device to loader the kernel from.
+The syntax is:
+.Dl Ic loader_device:
+or
+.Dl Ic zfs:dataset:
+Examples:
+.Dl Ic disk0p2:
+.Dl Ic zfs:zroot/ROOT/default:
.It Va dumpdev
Sets the device for kernel dumps.
This can be used to ensure that a device is configured before the corresponding
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