Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2019 04:57:46 +0000 (UTC) From: Rebecca Cran <bcran@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r342666 - head/usr.sbin/efibootmgr Message-ID: <201901010457.x014vkYR049314@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: bcran Date: Tue Jan 1 04:57:46 2019 New Revision: 342666 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/342666 Log: Update the efibootmgr(8) man page to document changes to options. Modified: head/usr.sbin/efibootmgr/efibootmgr.8 Modified: head/usr.sbin/efibootmgr/efibootmgr.8 ============================================================================== --- head/usr.sbin/efibootmgr/efibootmgr.8 Tue Jan 1 00:48:25 2019 (r342665) +++ head/usr.sbin/efibootmgr/efibootmgr.8 Tue Jan 1 04:57:46 2019 (r342666) @@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ .Nm efibootmgr .Nd manipulate the EFI Boot Manager .Sh SYNOPSIS -.Op Fl aAnNB Ar bootnum +.Op Fl aAnNB +.Op Fl b Ar bootnum .Op Fl t Ar timeout .Op Fl T .Op Fl o Ar bootorder .Op Fl v -.Op Fl c l Ar loader [ Fl k Ar kernel ] [ Fl L Ar label ] [ Fl -dry-run ] [ Fl b Ar bootnum ] +.Op Fl c l Ar loader [ Fl k Ar kernel ] [ Fl L Ar label ] [ Fl -dry-run ] .Sh "DESCRIPTION" .Nm manipulates how UEFI Boot Managers boot the system. @@ -71,19 +72,19 @@ The path to and name of the loader. .It Fl k -kernel Ar kernel The path to and name of the kernel. .It Fl b -bootnum Ar bootnum -When creating a new entry, use bootnum as the index. -Fail if it already exists. +When creating or modifying an entry, use bootnum as the index. +When creating a new entry, fail if it already exists. .It Fl L -label Ar label An optional description for the entry. .It Fl D -dry-run Process but do not change any variables. -.It Fl B -delete Ar bootnum +.It Fl B -delete Delete the given bootnum boot entry. -.It Fl a -activate Ar bootnum -Activate the given bootnum boot entry. -.It Fl A -deactivate Ar bootnum +.It Fl a -activate +Activate the given bootnum boot entry, or the new entry when used with -c. +.It Fl A -deactivate Deactivate the given bootnum boot entry. -.It Fl n -bootnext Ar bootnum +.It Fl n -bootnext Set bootnum boot entry as the BootNext variable. .It Fl N -delete-bootnext Delete the BootNext optional variable. @@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ Display the device path of boot entries in the output. .Pp .Sh Examples .Pp -To Display the current Boot related variables in the system: +To display the current Boot related variables in the system: .Pp .Dl efibootmgr [-v] .Pp @@ -130,18 +131,18 @@ into the first position of current BootOrder variable must first be set to active before being considered available to attempt booting from, else they are ignored. .Pp -.Dl efibootmgr -B 0009 +.Dl efibootmgr -B -b 0009 .Pp Will delete the given boot entry Boot0009 .Pp To set a given newly created boot entry active use: .Pp -.Dl efibootmgr -a 0009 +.Dl efibootmgr -a -b 0009 .Pp To set a given boot entry to be used as the BootNext variable, irrespective of its active state, use: .Pp -.Dl efibootmgr -n 0009 +.Dl efibootmgr -n -b 0009 .Pp To set the BootOrder for the next reboot use: .Pp
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