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authorMichael Shalayeff <mickey@cvs.openbsd.org>1999-08-25 00:54:20 +0000
committerMichael Shalayeff <mickey@cvs.openbsd.org>1999-08-25 00:54:20 +0000
commit79c093d4cfc66c062513625d0ecda5e4d56f4707 (patch)
tree8fef19f48e7ca74c0631d10c3e0bae6ab7fdf2c5 /sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8
parent1c8832cd15a434f03fb1afa10d86c968b50da9b5 (diff)
give better support to the bios memory maps.
provide memory maps editing through the machine memory command. rearrange probing in machdep, so it provides less output, also giving a shot for apm to fix the memory maps. changes to kernel are minimal, only that is required due to the api version bits addition and such cosmetic changes. tested on all critical kernel,boot combinations; niklas@ ok
Diffstat (limited to 'sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8')
-rw-r--r--sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.854
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8 b/sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8
index 0aca9b8cf98..f90d8b2e49c 100644
--- a/sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8
+++ b/sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: boot.8,v 1.13 1999/07/09 19:00:48 weingart Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: boot.8,v 1.14 1999/08/25 00:54:18 mickey Exp $
.\"
-.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Michael Shalayeff
+.\" Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Michael Shalayeff
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -13,21 +13,22 @@
.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
-.\" This product includes software developed by Michael Shalayeff.
+.\" This product includes software developed by Michael Shalayeff.
.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
.\"
.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
-.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
-.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
-.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
-.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
-.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
-.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
-.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
-.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
-.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
-.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
+.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
+.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR HIS RELATIVES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
+.\" INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
+.\" (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
+.\" SERVICES; LOSS OF MIND, USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
+.\" STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING
+.\" IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF
+.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
.\"
.Dd September 1, 1997
.Dt BOOT 8 i386
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ timeout period has expired.
The following commands are accepted at the
.Nm
prompt:
-.Bl -tag -width stty_device_baudrate_____
+.Bl -tag -width stty_device_speed_____
.It boot Op Ar image Op Fl abcds
Boots kernel image specified by the
.Ar image
@@ -139,18 +140,25 @@ on the console device.
.It help
Prints a list of available commands and machine dependant
commands, if any.
-.It machine Op Ar subcommand
+.It machine Op Ar command
Issues machine-dependant commands. These are defined for i386 architecture:
.Bl -tag -width diskinfo_
-.It Nm cnvmem
-Prints/sets the amount of conventional memory.
.It Nm diskinfo
Prints list of hard disks installed on your system including:
BIOS device number, and the BIOS geometry.
-.It Nm extmem
-Prints/sets the amount of extended memory.
.It Nm memory
-Prints physical memory map.
+If used without any arguments this commad will print out
+the memory configuration as determined through BIOS routines.
+Otherwise the arguments would specify the expressions to modify the
+memory configuration. The expression would have a form of:
+.Pp
+.Dl [+-]<size>@<address>
+.Pp
+Meaning to add(+) or exempt(-) the specified by the
+.Ar <size>
+amount of memory at the location specified by the
+.Ar <address>
+argument.
.It Nm regs
Prints contents of processor registers if compiled with
.Em DEBUG .
@@ -190,12 +198,12 @@ Active console device name.
.It Nm image
File name containing the kernel image.
.El
-.It stty Op Ar device Op Ar baudrate
+.It stty Op Ar device Op Ar speed
Displays or sets the
-.Ar baudrate
+.Ar speed
for a console
.Ar device .
-If changing speed for the currently
+If changing baudrate for the currently
active console, gives you five seconds of pause
before changing the baud rate to allow you to change your terminal's
speed to match. If changing speed