From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Jul 5 13:20:26 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECEA137B401 for ; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 13:20:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39FD843E31 for ; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 13:20:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g65KK7JU092449 for ; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 13:20:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g65KK6Am092448; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 13:20:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F1C337B400; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 13:19:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from guest.reppep.com (guest.reppep.com [64.81.19.110]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F06343E4A; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 13:19:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pepper@reppep.com) Received: by guest.reppep.com (Postfix, from userid 501) id A9B58A944; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 16:19:37 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20020705201937.A9B58A944@guest.reppep.com> Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 16:19:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Pepper Reply-To: Chris Pepper To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: "Daniel C.Sobral" X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: docs/40237: Typos in loader.conf.5 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 40237 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Typos in loader.conf.5 >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Jul 05 13:20:02 PDT 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Chris Pepper >Release: FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD guest.reppep.com 4.6-STABLE FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE #2: Fri Jul 5 11:33:25 EDT 2002 root@guest.reppep.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: There are several typos and awkward wordings in /usr/share/man/man5/loader.conf.5.gz. >How-To-Repeat: man loader.conf >Fix: Apply this patch to fix and clarify the loader.conf man page. --- loader.conf.5.diff begins here --- --- loader.conf.5 Fri Jul 5 14:44:14 2002 +++ loader.conf.5.fixed Fri Jul 5 16:02:31 2002 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ .Nm contains descriptive information on bootstrapping the system. Through it you can specify the kernel to be booted, parameters to be passed to -it, additional modules to be loaded, and generally set all variables +it, and additional modules to be loaded; and generally set all variables described in .Xr loader 8 . .Pp @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ and can be sourced by .Xr sh 1 , some settings are treated in a special fashion. Also, the -behavior of some settings depends only on it's suffix. +behavior of some settings is defined by the setting's suffix; the prefix identifies which module the setting controls. .Pp The general parsing rules are: .Bl -bullet @@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ .Pp Unless it belongs to one of the classes of settings that receive special treatment, a setting will set the value of a -.Xr loader 8 Ns 's +.Xr loader 8 environment variable. The settings that receive special -treatment are listed below. The ones beginning with a +treatment are listed below. Settings beginning with .Qq * -define the modules to be loaded and -may have any prefix. All such settings sharing a common +below define the modules to be loaded and +may have any prefix; the prefix identifies a module. All such settings sharing a common prefix refer to the same module. .Bl -tag -width Ar .It Ar exec @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ command. This type of setting cannot be processed by programs other than .Xr loader 8 , -so it's use should be avoided. Multiple instances of it will be processed +so its use should be avoided. Multiple instances of it will be processed independently. .It Ar loader_conf_files Defines additional configuration files to be processed right after the @@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ .It Ar kernel_options Flags to be passed to the kernel. .It Ar password -Provides a password to be asked by check-password before execution is +Provides a password to be required by check-password before execution is allowed to continue. .It Ar verbose_loading If set to .Dq YES , -the modules' names will be displayed as they are loaded. +module names will be displayed as they are loaded. .It Ar *_load If set to .Dq YES , @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ a bitmap will be loaded to be displayed on screen while booting. .It Va bitmap_name .Pq Dq /boot/splash.bmp -Name of the bitmap to be loaded. Any other name can be used. +Name of the bitmap to be loaded. Any valid bitmap path can be used. .It Va kernel .Pq Dq /kernel .It Va loader_conf_files @@ -152,13 +152,13 @@ .Pq Dq NO If set to .Dq YES , -will load the splash screen module, making possible to display a bmp image +will load the splash screen module, making it possible to display a bmp image on the screen while booting. .It Va splash_pcx_load .Pq Dq NO If set to .Dq YES , -will load the splash screen module, making possible to display a pcx image +will load the splash screen module, making it possible to display a pcx image on the screen while booting. .It Va userconfig_script_load .Pq Dq NO --- loader.conf.5.diff ends here --- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message