kernel selection menu to the beastie menu. List of kernels is taken from
`kernels' in loader.conf(5) as a space (or comma) separated list of names
to display (up to 9). If not set, default value is "kernel kernel.old".
Does not validate that kernels exist because the next enhancement will be
to allow selection of the root device.
Discussed on: -current
MFC after: 3 days
Prior to r222417, setting `password' in loader.conf(5) did not prevent boot
but instead only prevented changes to boot options by prompting for password
if autoboot failed or the user interrupted the countdown sequence.
After r222417 the same machine with `password' set in loader.conf(5) would no
longer boot without _always_ entering the password.
This patch restores the old (8.x and older) functionality for password in
loader.conf(5) while adding a new bootlock_password feature to replace the
edge-case should anybody desire the regressed functionality (HINT: great for
PXE servers and/or private distributions).
loader.conf(5) was updated to be more clear with-respect to password setting
(previous text was misleading).
Documentation (loader.conf(5) and check-password.4th(8)) has been updated to
include notes on the new bootlock_password setting.
Special thanks to Alex Verbod for bringing this to my attention and helping to
refine the loader.conf(5) text.
PR: conf/170110
Submitted by: Vitaly Zakharov <ded3axap@gmail.com>
Reviewed by: Alexander Verbod <alexander.verbod@gmail.com>
containing a kernel under /boot and that it's default value is "kernel"
not "/boot/kernel/kernel".
PR: docs/158992
Reported by: Wayne Mitchell wayne.mitchell.iz at gmail
Approved by: re (kib)
MFC after: 1 week
Discussed on hackers and recommended for inclusion into 9.0 at the devsummit.
All support email to devin dteske at vicor dot ignoreme dot com .
Submitted by: dteske at vicor dot ignoreme dot com
Reviewed by: me and many others
bottom of the manpages and order them consistently.
GNU groff doesn't care about the ordering, and doesn't even mention
CAVEATS and SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS as common sections and where to put
them.
Found by: mdocml lint run
Reviewed by: ru
video console which doesn't take any input from keyboard and hides
all output replacing it with ``spinning'' character (useful for
embedded products and custom installations).
Sponsored by: Sippy Software, Inc.
encounters a syntax error, and add a tip about adding first
the `vital' options and then experimental ones.
PR: docs/119658
Submitted by: Julian Stacey, jhs at berklix.org
the serial console speed (i386 and amd64 only). If the previous
stage boot loader requested a serial console (RB_SERIAL or RB_MULTIPLE)
then the default speed is determined from the current serial port
speed. Otherwise it is set to 9600 or the value of BOOT_COMCONSOLE_SPEED
at compile time.
This makes it possible to set the serial port speed once in
/boot.config and the setting will propagate to boot2, loader and
the kernel serial console.
is reserved by the loader, and thus any tunable name with that suffix will
be silently discarded.
Document this in the header and man page so that other developers do not
develop so many bumps on the head after banging it against the wall.
Detective work by: Mark Santcroos, grehan
