From f7fc4669a71b2fd2cb3974d585d2440d071d6d1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luigi Rizzo Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:19:43 +0000 Subject: Document how kernel environment can be statically compiled in, and reference a few related manpages. MFC after: 3 days --- bin/kenv/kenv.1 | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) (limited to 'bin/kenv') diff --git a/bin/kenv/kenv.1 b/bin/kenv/kenv.1 index 29260f0bd670..9e5345d61264 100644 --- a/bin/kenv/kenv.1 +++ b/bin/kenv/kenv.1 @@ -67,8 +67,28 @@ If the .Fl q option is set, warnings normally printed as a result of being unable to perform the requested operation will be suppressed. +.Pp +Variables can be added to the kernel environment using the +.Xr /boot/oader.conf +file, or also statically compiled into the kernel using the statement +.Pp +.Dl Ic env Ar filename +.Pp +in the kernel config file. +The file can contain lines of the form +.Pp +.Dl name = "value" # this is a coment +.Pp +where whitespace around name and '=', and +everything after a '#' character, are ignored. Almost any printable +character except '=' is acceptable as part of a name. Quotes +are optional and necessary only if the value contains +whitespace. +.Pp .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr kenv 2 , +.Xr config 5 , +.Xr loader.conf 5 , .Xr loader 8 .Sh HISTORY The -- cgit v1.2.3