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| author | Allan Jude <allanjude@FreeBSD.org> | 2020-07-13 02:09:21 +0000 |
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| committer | Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org> | 2021-10-08 08:12:01 +0000 |
| commit | 3c880137ef67e784710178d7867c400de650abd3 (patch) | |
| tree | c634d1e45d5cce40eea44f82cf379984e6ebf969 | |
| parent | 1f152c027551e887d150ea837afc06cec3fe5fcf (diff) | |
| download | src-3c880137ef67e784710178d7867c400de650abd3.tar.gz src-3c880137ef67e784710178d7867c400de650abd3.zip | |
Loader: explain the syntax of currdev
The origin text was: "Syntax for devices is odd."
That is not very helpful.
PR: 199103
(cherry picked from commit 551d20f044f3fa5e4f59d6303f1a2a70c1bf2297)
| -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 b5f770803bff..3051f9bda6e4 100644 --- a/stand/man/loader.8 +++ b/stand/man/loader.8 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd April 7, 2021 +.Dd October 8, 2021 .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 |