svn commit: r358920 - stable/12/lib/libefivar

[Mateusz Piotrowski]

Author: 0mp (doc,ports committer)
Date: Thu Mar 12 20:51:04 2020
New Revision: 358920
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/358920

Log:
  MFC 339729:
  
  efivar(3): Fix some typos and improve style
  
  - Fix some typos.
  - Remove redundant semicolons from the synopsis section.
  - Stylize variable names and types with Vt and Va respectively.
  - Use a list to present non-implemented functions.
  - Sort the order of the sections.
  - Add a history section.
  - Use Nm when "libefivar" is mentioned.
  
  PR:		232626
  Reported by:	Tiwei Bie <btw at mail.ustc.edu.cn>
  Reviewed by:	bcr, imp
  Approved by:	krion (mentor, implicit), mat (mentor, implicit)
  Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D17686
  
  Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
  Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24044

Modified:
  stable/12/lib/libefivar/efivar.3
Directory Properties:
  stable/12/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/12/lib/libefivar/efivar.3
==============================================================================
--- stable/12/lib/libefivar/efivar.3	Thu Mar 12 19:55:51 2020	(r358919)
+++ stable/12/lib/libefivar/efivar.3	Thu Mar 12 20:51:04 2020	(r358920)
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd September 14, 2016
+.Dd October 25, 2018
 .Dt LIBEFIVAR 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm libefivar
-.Nd EFI Non Volatile Variable Suppoert
+.Nd EFI Non Volatile Variable Support
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .In efivar.h
 .Ft int
@@ -56,15 +56,17 @@
 .Ft int
 .Fn efi_set_variable "efi_guid_t guid" "const char *name" "void *data" "size_t data_size" "uint32_t attributes"
 .Ft int
-.Fn efi_str_to_guid "const char *s" "efi_guid_t *guid";
+.Fn efi_str_to_guid "const char *s" "efi_guid_t *guid"
 .Ft int
-.Fn efi_variables_supported "void";
+.Fn efi_variables_supported "void"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
 library implements access to EFI Variables via the EFI Runtime
-Serivces.
-All char * strings are converted to 16-bit UTF strings before passing
+Services.
+All
+.Vt "char *"
+strings are converted to 16-bit UTF strings before passing
 them to EFI.
 .Pp
 .Fn efi_variables_supported
@@ -74,28 +76,48 @@ Otherwise zero is returned.
 .Pp
 .Fn efi_del_variable
 deletes the EFI variable selected by
-.Dv guid
+.Va guid
 and
-.Dv name .
+.Va name .
 .Pp
+The following functions have not been implemented yet:
+.Bl -dash -offset indent -compact
+.It
+.Fn efi_append_variable
+.It
+.Fn efi_get_next_variable_name
+.It
 .Fn efi_get_variable
+.It
 .Fn efi_get_variable_attributes
+.It
 .Fn efi_get_variable_size
-.Fn efi_append_variable
-.Fn efi_set_variable
-.Fn efi_get_next_variable_name
-.Fn efi_str_to_guid
-.Fn efi_guid_to_str
-.Fn efi_name_to_guid
+.It
 .Fn efi_guid_to_name
+.It
+.Fn efi_guid_to_str
+.It
 .Fn efi_guid_to_symbol
-This function is not actually implemented.
-.Sh BUGS
-No facilities exist to process the strings as native UTF.
-This is a limitation in the Linux libefivar library interface.
+.It
+.Fn efi_name_to_guid
+.It
+.Fn efi_set_variable
+.It
+.Fn efi_str_to_guid
+.El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr efidev 4
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+library first appeared in
+.Fx 12.0 .
 .Sh AUTHORS
 .An -nosplit
 This software was originally written by
 .An Warner Losh .
+.Sh BUGS
+No facilities exist to process the strings as native UTF.
+This is a limitation in the Linux
+.Nm
+library interface.