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| diff --git a/usr.sbin/nvram/nvram.8 b/usr.sbin/nvram/nvram.8 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f0b63cdbc731 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.sbin/nvram/nvram.8 @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +.\"- +.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED +.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE +.\" DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, +.\" INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES +.\" (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR +.\" SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, +.\" STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN +.\" ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd June 19, 2020 +.Dt NVRAM 8 powerpc +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm nvram +.Nd "display or modify contents of the EEPROM or NVRAM" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Fl p +.Nm +.Oo Fl d Ar name Oc Ar ... +.Op Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility provides an interface for displaying and changing the system's +configuration variables contained in EEPROM or NVRAM. +In the first synopsis form, all available configuration variables and their +current values are printed. +In the second form, the variable selected by +.Ar name +is either removed or its value is changed to the +.Ar value +following by +.Ql = +sign. +.Pp +The following options are available: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl d Ar name +Delete the variable selected by +.Ar name +from the EEPROM or NVRAM. +The +.Fl d +flag can be specified multiple times, in which case multiple variables +will be removed. +.It Fl p +Print all available configuration variables and their current values. +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +Print all available configuration variables and their current values: +.Pp +.Dl "nvram -p" +.Pp +Remove the variable named +.Va local-mac-address? : +.Pp +.Dl "nvram -d local-mac-address\e?" +.Pp +Set the value of the +.Va local-mac-address? +variable to +.Dq Li true : +.Pp +.Dl "nvram local-mac-address\e?=true" +.Pp +Note that the +.Ql \e +in the above examples is used to keep the shell from interpreting the +.Ql \&? . +.Pp +Remove variables named +.Va foo +and +.Va bar +and set variable named +.Va baz +to +.Dq Li 100 : +.Pp +.Dl "nvram -d foo -d bar baz=100" +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr powermac_nvram 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +utility first appeared in +.Fx 7.0 . +It is inspired by the +Darwin/Mac OS X +.Nm +utility. +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Maxim Sobolev Aq Mt sobomax@FreeBSD.org | 
