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| author | Allan Jude <allanjude@FreeBSD.org> | 2020-07-13 02:09:21 +0000 |
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| committer | Allan Jude <allanjude@FreeBSD.org> | 2020-07-13 02:09:21 +0000 |
| commit | 551d20f044f3fa5e4f59d6303f1a2a70c1bf2297 (patch) | |
| tree | ebc0d36a28f107b227808ae031aa0b43f56be30a /stand/man | |
| parent | e4bfd2a67584983ad0246abd84982b2e6539204c (diff) | |
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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
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=363139
Diffstat (limited to 'stand/man')
| -rw-r--r-- | stand/man/loader.8 | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/stand/man/loader.8 b/stand/man/loader.8 index 33101659db7b..de9c4743c7b8 100644 --- a/stand/man/loader.8 +++ b/stand/man/loader.8 @@ -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 default console for 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 |