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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2008-11-09 09:00:29 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2008-11-09 09:00:29 +0000
commite743d36d38ebee91a4265c14c5734f86fb45f456 (patch)
treee82fe2a2727db1d910cde082c7931270f74e3be4 /lib
parent4167b89bbf00b58300648b6bc8ecc491aa6a3707 (diff)
tweak previous;
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/gen/sysctl.323
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3 b/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3
index 3d25c7717ad..b65120ca0e6 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: sysctl.3,v 1.183 2008/11/08 01:17:52 ckuethe Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sysctl.3,v 1.184 2008/11/09 09:00:28 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: November 8 2008 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: November 9 2008 $
.Dt SYSCTL 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -186,11 +186,11 @@ When running with a
.Xr securelevel 7
greater than 0,
this variable may not be raised.
-This variable also changes the behavior of
-.Va machdep.kbdreset :
-when DB_CONSOLE is set, the reset key sequence will cause the kernel to enter
+It also overrides the behavior of
+.Va machdep.kbdreset ,
+causing the kernel to enter
.Xr ddb 4
-rather than triggering a system shutdown.
+instead of triggering a system shutdown.
.It Dv DBCTL_LOG
When set, ddb output is also logged in the kernel message buffer.
.It Dv DBCTL_MAXLINE
@@ -225,12 +225,17 @@ This variable is also available as the ddb
.Dv $tabstops
variable.
.It Dv DBCTL_TRIGGER
-When DBCTL_CONSOLE is set, writing to DBCTL_TRIGGER will cause the system
-to enter
+When
+.Dv DBCTL_CONSOLE
+is set,
+writing to
+.Dv DBCTL_TRIGGER
+causes the system to enter
.Xr ddb 4 .
If
.Xr securelevel 7
-is greater than 0 the process writing to this variable must be running
+is greater than 0,
+the process writing to this variable must be running
on the console in order to enter
.Xr ddb 4 .
.El