src/sys/boot/forth/loader.4th.8, branch upstream/11.2.0

MFC r325834,r325997,326502: Move sys/boot to stand/

2018-02-12T01:08:44Z

This is effectively a direct commit to stable/11, due to differences between stable/11 and head. Changes to DTS in sys/boot/fdt/dts were often accompanied by kernel changes. Many of these were also risc-v updates that likely had many more dependencies to MFC. Because of this, sys/boot/fdt/dts remains as-is while everything else in sys/boot relocates to stand/. r325834: Move sys/boot to stand. Fix all references to new location r325997: Remove empty directories. r326502: Document the sys/boot -> stand move in hier.7 and the top-level README.

Add a try-include word (which acts the same as "include") and use it to

2013-11-17T18:12:17Z

conditionally include (but ignore failures) /boot/loader.rc.local and /boot/menu.rc.local -- to make customizing the menu easier. Reviewed by: alfred Discussed on: -hackers

Defer loading of kernel and modules if the beastie menu is enabled. Add a

2013-11-04T20:28:10Z

kernel selection menu to the beastie menu. List of kernels is taken from `kernels' in loader.conf(5) as a space (or comma) separated list of names to display (up to 9). If not set, default value is "kernel kernel.old". Does not validate that kernels exist because the next enhancement will be to allow selection of the root device. Discussed on: -current MFC after: 3 days

Fix a regression caused by SVN r222417.

2012-12-12T17:49:01Z

Prior to r222417, setting `password' in loader.conf(5) did not prevent boot but instead only prevented changes to boot options by prompting for password if autoboot failed or the user interrupted the countdown sequence. After r222417 the same machine with `password' set in loader.conf(5) would no longer boot without _always_ entering the password. This patch restores the old (8.x and older) functionality for password in loader.conf(5) while adding a new bootlock_password feature to replace the edge-case should anybody desire the regressed functionality (HINT: great for PXE servers and/or private distributions). loader.conf(5) was updated to be more clear with-respect to password setting (previous text was misleading). Documentation (loader.conf(5) and check-password.4th(8)) has been updated to include notes on the new bootlock_password setting. Special thanks to Alex Verbod for bringing this to my attention and helping to refine the loader.conf(5) text. PR: conf/170110 Submitted by: Vitaly Zakharov Reviewed by: Alexander Verbod

Expand *n't contractions.

2005-02-13T22:25:33Z

Setting "kernel" to an absolute path is a bad idea because

2004-09-30T21:48:51Z

after loading such a kernel, "module_path" will be set to an insane value. Fixed example by providing an equivalent setting. For the record, when automatically loading a kernel (commands "boot" and "boot-conf"), the following is tried, in this order: path=/boot/${kernel} file=${bootfile} path=/boot/${kernel} file=${kernel} path=${kernel} file=${bootfile} path=${kernel} file=${kernel} path=${module_path} file=${kernel}

mdoc(7) police: Get rid of hard sentence breaks.

2002-08-13T15:09:33Z

The .Nm set of commands

2002-07-14T15:21:28Z

Fix a handful of typos and grammar bogons. No content changes.

2002-05-30T09:24:01Z

Translators can ignore this commit. MFC after: 2 weeks

Replace /kernel with /boot/kernel/kernel.

2002-05-09T11:47:42Z

PR: docs/37757 Submitted by: Hiten Pandya