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Loader: explain the syntax of currdev

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The origin text was: "Syntax for devices is odd."
That is not very helpful.

PR:		199103
Reviewed by:	kevans, tsoome
Sponsored by:	Klara Inc.
Event:		July 2020 Bugathon
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D25629
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Allan Jude 2020-07-13 02:09:21 +00:00
parent e4bfd2a675
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Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
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@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd August 15, 2018
.Dd July 11, 2020
.Dt LOADER 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -479,8 +479,14 @@ In that case, the first listed console will become the default console for
userland output (e.g.\& from
.Xr init 8 ) .
.It Va currdev
Selects the default device.
Syntax for devices is odd.
Selects the default device to loader the kernel from.
The syntax is:
.Dl Ic loader_device:
or
.Dl Ic zfs:dataset:
Examples:
.Dl Ic disk0p2:
.Dl Ic zfs:zroot/ROOT/default:
.It Va dumpdev
Sets the device for kernel dumps.
This can be used to ensure that a device is configured before the corresponding