kumba 15/03/05 04:45:30 Added: arcload.8 Removed: arcload-0.50-shut-gcc4x-up.patch arcload-0.50-makefile-targets.patch Log: Big cleanup: Include some patches and a manpage from Debian, re-work the code a little to compile under an n32-only system (should work for n64 as well), silence many compiler warnings, and move patches to a tarball due to the size of the changes. (Portage version: 2.2.17/cvs/Linux x86_64, signed Manifest commit with key D25D95E3)
Revision Changes Path 1.1 sys-boot/arcload/files/arcload.8 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/sys-boot/arcload/files/arcload.8?rev=1.1&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/sys-boot/arcload/files/arcload.8?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain Index: arcload.8 =================================================================== .TH "ARCLOAD" "8" "25 November 2007" "" "" .SH NAME arcload \- bootloader for SGI/ARCS machines .SH SYNOPSIS \fBarcload\fR \fIdevice\fR .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP \fBarcload\fR is a bootloader designed to load any Linux kernel on any SGI/ARCS machine. It supports booting the kernel from a variety of filesystems; currently, the following filesystems are supported: \fBext2\fR (\fBext3\fR), \fBfat\fR, \fBiso9660\fR, \fBjfs\fR, \fBminix\fR, \fBufs\fR, \fBxfs\fR and the \fB*arcfs\fR pseudo-filesystem. \fBarcload\fP usually resides in the volume header of a disk with an SGI disklabel. .SH "USAGE" .PP \fIdevice\fR is the device name of the disk containing the volume header \fBarcload\fR should go into. To use \fBarcload\fR you have to modify the following PROM variables: .P \fIsetenv OSLoader arcload\fR .P \fIsetenv SystemPartition dksc(c,d,8)\fR .P \fIsetenv OSLoadPartition dksc(c,d,p)\fR .P \fIsetenv OSLoadFilename label(option1,option2,...)\fR .P where \fIc\fR is the ID of the SCSI controller, \fId\fR the SCSI ID of the disk \fBarcload\fR resides on and \fIp\fR the partition number of the partition \fBarc.cf\fR and the kernels reside on (counting from 0). Note that \fBarc.cf\fR and the directory your kernels are in (usually / or /boot) have to be on the same partition. On boot, \fBarcload\fR looks at the \fIOSLoadFilename\fR PROM variable and tries to find a label with the same name in \fBarc.cf\fR. \fBarc.cf\fP can reside either in /etc or at the root of the partition pointed to by the \fIOSLoadFilename\fP variable. .SH "NOTES" \fBarcload\fR only loads ELF kernels. .SH "FILES" .BR /arc.cf \fBarcload\fR's configuration file .P .BR /usr/share/doc/arcload/examples configuration file examples .P .BR /usr/share/doc/arcload/README.Debian some notes about arcload for Debian .PP .SH "SEE ALSO" .PP dvhtool(1) .SH "AUTHORS" ARCLoad was written by Stanislaw Skowronek <skyl...@linux-mips.org>. This manual page was written by Julien BLACHE <jbla...@debian.org> for the Debian Project (but may be used by others), based on the arcboot(8) manpage.