Bug 230080 - efibootmgr(8): Missing documentation of options -d, -p
Summary: efibootmgr(8): Missing documentation of options -d, -p
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Documentation
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Manual Pages (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
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Assignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody)
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Reported: 2018-07-27 05:27 UTC by O. Hartmann
Modified: 2018-10-09 21:38 UTC (History)
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Description O. Hartmann 2018-07-27 05:27:25 UTC 
The efibootmgr(8) is lacking proper documentation of the options -d (assuming device?) and -p (assuming partition?), as those options appear out of the blue in the examples, explaining how to create variables:

[...]
The efibootmgr program can	be used	to create new EFI boot variables. To
     create a new boot var pointing to an installation on partition 1 of
     device ada0 using the given loader	with a description FreeBSD-11:

	   efibootmgr -c -d ada0 -p 1 -l/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI -L FreeBSD-11

     This will result in the next available  [...]
Comment 1 Warner Losh freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2018-10-09 21:38:02 UTC 
-d -p aren't supported, so this should be easier to do. :)
Also, the quoted text is no longer in the manual, so closing.