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Document how kernel environment can be statically compiled in,

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and reference a few related manpages.

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@ -67,8 +67,28 @@ If the
.Fl q
option is set, warnings normally printed as a result of being unable to
perform the requested operation will be suppressed.
.Pp
Variables can be added to the kernel environment using the
.Xr /boot/oader.conf
file, or also statically compiled into the kernel using the statement
.Pp
.Dl Ic env Ar filename
.Pp
in the kernel config file.
The file can contain lines of the form
.Pp
.Dl name = "value" # this is a coment
.Pp
where whitespace around name and '=', and
everything after a '#' character, are ignored. Almost any printable
character except '=' is acceptable as part of a name. Quotes
are optional and necessary only if the value contains
whitespace.
.Pp
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr kenv 2 ,
.Xr config 5 ,
.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
.Xr loader 8
.Sh HISTORY
The