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Diffstat (limited to 'stand/man')
| -rw-r--r-- | stand/man/loader.efi.8 | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/stand/man/loader.efi.8 b/stand/man/loader.efi.8 index 80d16d45670a..8bb88dd2e24f 100644 --- a/stand/man/loader.efi.8 +++ b/stand/man/loader.efi.8 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd September 3, 2024 +.Dd April 11, 2026 .Dt LOADER.EFI 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ process. .Xr boot1.efi 8 is deprecated for new installations. .Ss Console Considerations -The EFI BIOS provides a generic console. +The UEFI firmware provides a generic console. In .Nm this is selected by specifying @@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ primary if a UEFI graphics device is detected, or the serial console as primary if not. .Pp On x86 platforms, if you wish to redirect the loader's output to a serial port -when the EFI BIOS doesn't support it, or to a serial port that isn't the one the -EFI BIOS redirects its output to, set +when the UEFI firmware doesn't support it, or to a serial port that isn't the +one the UEFI firmware redirects its output to, set .Dv console to .Dq comconsole . @@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ If this causes a doubling of characters, set .Dv console to .Dq efi , -since your EFI BIOS is redirecting to the serial port already. +since your UEFI firmware is redirecting to the serial port already. .Pp -If your EFI BIOS redirects the serial port, you may need to tell the kernel +If your UEFI firmware redirects the serial port, you may need to tell the kernel which address to use. EFI uses ACPI's UID to identify the serial port, but .Nm |