Document the fact that tunables can be set in device.hints.

Reviewed by:	wblock
MFC after:	3 days
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3153
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brooks 2015-07-23 17:27:10 +00:00
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.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd September 11, 2009
.Dd July 23, 2015
.Dt DEVICE.HINTS 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -41,9 +41,8 @@ passed to the kernel.
It contains various variables to control the boot behavior of
the kernel.
These variables are typically
.Dq device hints .
.\" .Dq device hints ,
.\" and other control variables.
.Dq device hints ,
but can include any kernel tunable values.
.Pp
The file contains one variable per line.
Lines starting with the
@ -152,12 +151,11 @@ The following example disables the ACPI driver:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
.Ed
.\" .Pp
.\" A control variable may look like:
.\" .Pp
.\" .Bd -literal -offset indent
.\" debug.acpi.layer="ACPI_RESOURCES"
.\" .Ed
.Pp
Setting a tunable variable:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
vm.pmap.pg_ps_enabled=1
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr kenv 1 ,
.Xr loader.conf 5 ,