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Date:      Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:57:22 -0500
From:      Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
To:        <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   [patch] nextboot(8) arbitrary kernel environment
Message-ID:  <20120130195721.GA14612@sandvine.com>

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I have a patch to allow nextboot(8) to set arbitrary kernel environment
variables (not just the kernel dir and kernel_options).  The usage becomes:

Usage: nextboot [-e variable=value] [-f] [-k kernel] [-o options]
       nextboot -D

and the new option is documented as:

     -e variable=value
                 This option adds the provided variable and value to the ker-
                 nel environment.  The value is quoted when written to the
                 nextboot configuration.

The patch also makes -k an option (no longer mandatory).  The patch is at
http://people.freebsd.org/~emaste/nextboot.diff .  I'll commit it in a few
days if no concerns are raised by review or my testing.

-Ed



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