Bug 158992
| Summary: | loader.conf(5) man page: examples are incorrect | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Product: | Documentation | Reporter: | wayne mitchell <wayne.mitchell.iz> |
| Component: | Books & Articles | Assignee: | John Baldwin <jhb> |
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | Latest | ||
| Hardware: | Any | ||
| OS: | Any | ||
> this does not work, the system prepends this value with the /boot/kernel/ path value, which would give /boot/kernel//boot/kernel/kernel > not sure what purpose this value has as the system boots with the standard kernel even when this value is incorrect - though it does knock out the module loading The default value is actually "kernel". You can set it to, e.g. "test" to boot from /boot/test/kernel (and modules from /boot/test). How about this: Index: loader.conf.5 =================================================================== --- loader.conf.5 (revision 224058) +++ loader.conf.5 (working copy) @@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ present file. Name of the kernel to be loaded. If no kernel name is set, no additional modules will be loaded. +The name must be a subdirectory of +.Pa /boot +that contains a kernel. .It Ar kernel_options Flags to be passed to the kernel. .It Ar password @@ -190,7 +193,7 @@ replacing it with .Dq spinning character (useful for embedded products and such). .It Va kernel -.Pq Dq Pa /boot/kernel/kernel +.Pq Dq kernel .It Va loader_conf_files .Pq Dq Pa /boot/loader.conf /boot/loader.conf.local .It Va splash_bmp_load -- John Baldwin Author: jhb Date: Wed Jul 20 15:18:24 2011 New Revision: 224228 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/224228 Log: Note that the "kernel" variable in loader.conf is the name of a directory containing a kernel under /boot and that it's default value is "kernel" not "/boot/kernel/kernel". PR: docs/158992 Reported by: Wayne Mitchell wayne.mitchell.iz at gmail Approved by: re (kib) MFC after: 1 week Modified: head/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf.5 Modified: head/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf.5 ============================================================================== --- head/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf.5 Wed Jul 20 13:29:39 2011 (r224227) +++ head/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf.5 Wed Jul 20 15:18:24 2011 (r224228) @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ -.Dd January 16, 2008 +.Dd July 20, 2011 .Dt LOADER.CONF 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ present file. Name of the kernel to be loaded. If no kernel name is set, no additional modules will be loaded. +The name must be a subdirectory of +.Pa /boot +that contains a kernel. .It Ar kernel_options Flags to be passed to the kernel. .It Ar password @@ -190,7 +193,7 @@ replacing it with .Dq spinning character (useful for embedded products and such). .It Va kernel -.Pq Dq Pa /boot/kernel/kernel +.Pq Dq kernel .It Va loader_conf_files .Pq Dq Pa /boot/loader.conf /boot/loader.conf.local .It Va splash_bmp_load _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" State Changed From-To: open->patched Fix committed to HEAD. Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-doc->jhb Fix committed to HEAD. State Changed From-To: patched->closed Merged to 8. |
man page for loader.conf shows values to set with examples value for 'kernel' is incorrect man page shows: kernel (''/boot/kernel/kernel'') this does not work, the system prepends this value with the /boot/kernel/ path value, which would give /boot/kernel//boot/kernel/kernel not sure what purpose this value has as the system boots with the standard kernel even when this value is incorrect - though it does knock out the module loading Fix: set value in loader.conf as: kernel="kernel" and correct the man page How-To-Repeat: set value in loader.conf as: kernel="/boot/kernel/kernel" this should knock out module loading (is all i noticed)