Module Name: src
Committed By: wiz
Date: Wed Nov 26 20:46:46 UTC 2014
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man9: cpu_rootconf.9
Log Message:
New sentence, new line. Use more markup. Sort SEE ALSO.
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Index: src/share/man/man9/cpu_rootconf.9
diff -u src/share/man/man9/cpu_rootconf.9:1.9 src/share/man/man9/cpu_rootconf.9:1.10
--- src/share/man/man9/cpu_rootconf.9:1.9 Wed Nov 26 20:42:29 2014
+++ src/share/man/man9/cpu_rootconf.9 Wed Nov 26 20:46:46 2014
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: cpu_rootconf.9,v 1.9 2014/11/26 20:42:29 mlelstv Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: cpu_rootconf.9,v 1.10 2014/11/26 20:46:46 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd July 29, 2012
+.Dd November 11, 2014
.Dt CPU_ROOTCONF 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ for use in machine-independent code.
.Pp
.Fa rootconf
may adjust the global variables and determines the parameters
-for setroot. This is for example used to translate a device
+for setroot.
+This is for example used to translate a device
and partition number provided by the bootloader into a disk
wedge device covering the same partition.
.Pp
@@ -90,10 +91,10 @@ The kernel configuration variable
.Fa rootspec
which is set by
.Xr config 1 .
-The value is the name and unit of the root device, e.g. "sd0" (disk)
+The value is the name and unit of the root device, e.g., "sd0" (disk)
or "dk0" (wedge) or "le0" (network) or the prefix "wedge:" followed
-by the name of the disk wedge. For disk devices the partition
-passed as argument to
+by the name of the disk wedge.
+For disk devices the partition passed as argument to
.Fa setroot
is used.
.It
@@ -103,22 +104,26 @@ following the same syntax.
.It
The result of an interactive query of the root device if
.Fa boothowto
-has set the flag RB_ASKNAME. The input uses the same syntax
-as the previous sources. Here also the kernel dump device
-is queried.
+has set the flag
+.Dv RB_ASKNAME .
+The input uses the same syntax as the previous sources.
+Here also the kernel dump device is queried.
.It
The boot device and partition passed as arguments.
.El
.Pp
If a root device cannot be selected,
.Fa setroot
-sets the RB_ASKNAME flag and loops.
+sets the
+.Dv RB_ASKNAME
+flag and loops.
.Pp
Otherwise the kernel dump device is identified in a similar
manner from
.Bl -enum
.It
-The result of a previous interactive query. See above.
+The result of a previous interactive query.
+See above.
.It
The kernel configuration variable
.Fa dumpspec ,
@@ -129,7 +134,7 @@ The second partition of the root device,
The first disk wedge device of type DKW_PTYPE_SWAP.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr config 1 ,
.Xr dk 4 ,
.Xr boot 8 ,
-.Xr config 1 ,
.Xr boothowto 9
