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authorcinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@felloff.net>2017-06-28 18:56:16 +0200
committercinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@felloff.net>2017-06-28 18:56:16 +0200
commitbefdd7d7559f95734976d0ae127ac234eeb5b7d3 (patch)
tree0cdd942d2d6f396a35d1e8624e5f9f88145ef38b /sys/man/8
parentc4b02ff9e6d86ae9522bcff4e847a88eb4336864 (diff)
kernel: pass bootargs also in multiboot command line, retire the bootline mechanism to pass arguments to /boot/boot
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diff --git a/sys/man/8/boot b/sys/man/8/boot
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@@ -3,18 +3,6 @@
boot, bootrc \- connect to the root file server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /boot/boot
-[
-.B -fkm
-]
-[
-.BI -u username
-]
-[
-.IB method ! device
-]
-[
-.I args
-]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Boot
is the first program run after a kernel has been loaded. It
@@ -71,10 +59,6 @@ of the form
.IB name = value
is passed to the boot program as an environment
variable with the same name and value.
-The command line is
-.IP
-.B /boot/boot
-.IB method ! device
.PP
After
.I boot
@@ -125,9 +109,7 @@ set.
If not specified with the
.B user=
.IR plan9.ini (8)
-parameter or the
-.B -u
-option,
+parameter,
.I boot
will prompt for one on the console:
.IP
@@ -186,22 +168,12 @@ then
will insert a user level cache
process between the remote server and the local namespace
that caches all remote accesses on the local partition.
-The
-.B -f
-flag commands
-.IR cfs (4)
-to reformat the cache partition.
.SS CPU Servers
The user owning devices and console processes on CPU servers
and that user's domain and encryption key are
read from NVRAM on all machines except PCs.
PCs keep the information in the disk partition
.BI /dev/sd XX /nvram.
-If a
-.B -k
-option is given or if no stored information is found
-.I boot
-will prompt for all three items and store them.
.IP
.EX
password: