kgzip.8: note that it is deprecated and clarify BUGS section
kgzip is only useful on i386 and has a number of other limitations. We're better served by officially deprecating it and encouraging users to use loader(8) instead. Reviewed by: dteske, wblock Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D7098
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.\"
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd July 19, 1999
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.Dd August 2, 2016
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.Dt KGZIP 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Op Fl o Ar output
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.Ar file
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Bf -symbolic
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This utility is deprecated.
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Users are advised to use
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.Xr loader 8
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and compress the kernel with
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.Xr gzip 1 .
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.Ef
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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utility compresses a kernel or some other bootable binary.
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As symbols are lost, the usefulness of this utility for compressing
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kernels is limited to situations where
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.Xr loader 8
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cannot be used; otherwise the preferred method of compressing a kernel
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cannot be used.
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.Pp
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.Pa kgzldr.o
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is only available for the i386 and pc98 architectures.
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.Pp
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The preferred method of compressing a kernel
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is simply to
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.Xr gzip 1
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it.
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