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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
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.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Devin Teske
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd May 18, 2011
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.Dt DELAY.4TH 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm delay.4th
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.Nd FreeBSD debugging boot module.
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The file that goes by the name of
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.Nm
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is a set of commands designed to add debugging capabilities to
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.Xr loader 8 .
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The commands of
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.Nm
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by themselves are not enough for most uses.
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Please refer to the
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examples below for the most common situations, and to
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.Xr loader 8
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for additional commands.
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.Pp
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Before using any of the commands provided in
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.Nm ,
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it must be included
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through the command:
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.Pp
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.Dl include delay.4th
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.Pp
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This line is present in
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.Pa /boot/beastie.4th
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file, so it is not needed (and should not be re-issued) in a normal setup.
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.Pp
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The commands provided by it are:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width disable-module_module -compact -offset indent
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.It Ic delay_execute
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Executes the [string] procedure stored in the
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.Ic delay_command
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environment variable after
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.Ic loader_delay
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seconds.
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.Pp
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If the optional
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.Ic delay_showdots
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environment variable is set, a continuous series of dots is printed.
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.Pp
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During the duration, the user can either press Ctrl-C (or Esc) to abort or
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ENTER to proceed immediately.
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.El
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.Pp
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The environment variables that effect its behavior are:
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.Bl -tag -width bootfile -offset indent
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.It Va delay_command
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The command to be executed by
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.Ic delay_execute .
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.It Va loader_delay
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The duration (in seconds) to delay before executing
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.Ic delay_command .
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.It Va delay_showdots
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If set, will cause
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.Ic delay_execute
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to print a continuous series of dots during the delay duration.
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.El
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /boot/loader.4th -compact
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.It Pa /boot/loader
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The
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.Xr loader 8 .
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.It Pa /boot/delay.4th
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.Nm
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itself.
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.It Pa /boot/loader.rc
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.Xr loader 8
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bootstrapping script.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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Introducing a 5-second delay before including another file from
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.Pa /boot/loader.rc :
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.Pp
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.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
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include /boot/delay.4th
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set delay_command="include /boot/other.4th"
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set delay_showdots
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set loader_delay=5
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delay_execute
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.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
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.Xr loader 8 ,
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.Xr beastie.4th 8 ,
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.Xr loader.4th 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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set of commands first appeared in
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.Fx 9.0 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The
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.Nm
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set of commands was written by
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.An -nosplit
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.An Devin Teske Aq devinteske@hotmail.com .
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