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author | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-03-19 17:57:20 +0000 |
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committer | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-03-19 17:57:20 +0000 |
commit | 480390dc59325200978ed49a1b26f00a94c91baa (patch) | |
tree | 062c09ac43a080a68cd77af35c77fcac0d938f46 /usr.sbin/eeprom/eeprom.8 | |
parent | fb660b4c0cea9ae33d3d4dac0984c52ed7b6eeb0 (diff) |
Remove hard sentence breaks. Add $OpenBSD$ tags where appropriate. Some other
cleanup along the way.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/eeprom/eeprom.8')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/eeprom/eeprom.8 | 78 |
1 files changed, 44 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/eeprom/eeprom.8 b/usr.sbin/eeprom/eeprom.8 index a24a30c7fe1..98d397fced3 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/eeprom/eeprom.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/eeprom/eeprom.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: eeprom.8,v 1.8 1999/06/05 22:16:47 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: eeprom.8,v 1.9 2000/03/19 17:57:03 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: eeprom.8,v 1.2 1996/02/28 01:13:24 thorpej Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. @@ -68,15 +68,16 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm eeprom provides an interface for displaying and changing the contents of the -EEPROM or OpenProm. Without any arguments, +EEPROM or OpenProm. +Without any arguments, .Nm eeprom will list all of the known fields and their corresponding values. When given the name of a specific field, .Nm eeprom will display that value or set it if the field name is followed by .Dq = -and a value. Only the super-user may modify the contents of the EEPROM -or OpenProm. +and a value. +Only the superuser may modify the contents of the EEPROM or OpenProm. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width indent @@ -84,8 +85,8 @@ The options are as follows: Commands are taken from stdin and displayed on stdout. .It Fl c .Nm eeprom -will fix incorrect checksum values and exit. This flag is quietly ignored -on systems with an OpenProm. +will fix incorrect checksum values and exit. +This flag is quietly ignored on systems with an OpenProm. .It Fl f Ar device On systems with an EEPROM, use .Ar device @@ -98,16 +99,16 @@ instead of the default .It Fl i If checksum values are incorrect, .Nm eeprom -will ignore them and continue after displaying a warning. This flag is -quietly ignored on systems with an OpenProm. +will ignore them and continue after displaying a warning. +This flag is quietly ignored on systems with an OpenProm. .El .Pp The following options are valid only on the SPARC and will produce an error when used on a Sun 3: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl v -On systems with an OpenProm, be verbose when setting a value. Systems -with an EEPROM are always verbose. +On systems with an OpenProm, be verbose when setting a value. +Systems with an EEPROM are always verbose. .It Fl N Ar system Use the system image .Ar system @@ -130,15 +131,16 @@ How much memory, in megabytes, is installed in the system. .It memtest How much memory, in megabytes, is to be tested upon power-up. .It scrsize -The size of the screen. Acceptable values are +The size of the screen. +Acceptable values are .Dq 1024x1024 , .Dq 1152x900 , .Dq 1600x1280 , and .Dq 1440x1440 . .It watchdog_reboot -If true, the system will reboot upon reset. Otherwise, the system will fall -into the monitor. +If true, the system will reboot upon reset. +Otherwise, the system will fall into the monitor. .It default_boot If true, the system will use the boot device stored in .Pa bootdev . @@ -158,7 +160,8 @@ This value is .Dq 0 for all Sun keyboards. .It console -Specifies the console type. Valid values are +Specifies the console type. +Valid values are .Dq b&w , .Dq ttya , .Dq ttyb , @@ -212,8 +215,10 @@ and fields are not currently supported. .Pp Since the OpenProm is designed such that the field names are arbitrary, -explaining them here is dubious. Below are field names and values that -one is likely to see on a system with an OpenProm. NOTE: this list +explaining them here is dubious. +Below are field names and values that +one is likely to see on a system with an OpenProm. +NOTE: this list may be incomplete or incorrect due to differences between revisions of the OpenProm. .Bl -tag -width "last-hardware-update " @@ -224,9 +229,9 @@ rather than the OpenProm-style interface. A 32-bit integer specifying the number of megabytes of memory to test upon power-up. .It oem-logo -A 64bitx64bit bitmap in Sun Iconedit format. To set the bitmap, give -the pathname of the file containing the image. NOTE: this property is -not yet supported. +A 64bitx64bit bitmap in Sun Iconedit format. +To set the bitmpa, give the pathname of the file containing the image. +NOTE: this property is not yet supported. .It oem-logo? If true, enables the use of the bitmap stored in .Pa oem-logo @@ -240,9 +245,9 @@ rather than the default Sun banner. .It ttya-mode A string of five comma separated fields in the format .Dq 9600,8,n,1,- . -The first field is the baud rate. The second field is the -number of data bits. The third field is the parity; acceptable values -for parity are +The first field is the baud rate. +The second field is the number of data bits. +The third field is the parity; acceptable values for parity are .Dq n (none), .Dq e @@ -252,8 +257,9 @@ for parity are .Dq m (mark), and .Dq s -(space). The -fourth field is the number of stop bits. The fifth field is the +(space). +The fourth field is the number of stop bits. +The fifth field is the .Dq handshake field; acceptable values are .Dq - @@ -281,8 +287,8 @@ but for ttyb. .It sbus-probe-list Four digits in the format .Dq 0123 -specifying which order to probe the sbus at power-up. It is unlikely that -this value should ever be changed. +specifying which order to probe the sbus at power-up. +It is unlikely that this value should ever be changed. .It screen-#columns An 8-bit integer specifying the number of columns on the console. .It screen-#rows @@ -290,8 +296,8 @@ An 8-bit integer specifying the number of rows on the console. .It auto-boot? If true, the system will boot automatically at power-up. .It watchdog-reboot? -If true, the system will reboot upon reset. Otherwise, system will fall -into the monitor. +If true, the system will reboot upon reset. +Otherwise, system will fall into the monitor. .It input-device One of the strings .Dq keyboard , @@ -315,7 +321,8 @@ describing the translation of physical to logical target. .It st-targets Similar to .Pa sd-targets , -but for tapes. The default translation is +but for tapes. +The default translation is .Dq 45670123 . .It scsi-initiator-id The SCSI ID of the on-board SCSI controller. @@ -331,21 +338,24 @@ If true, the system will boot and run in diagnostic mode. .It local-mac-address? When set to .Pa false -all Ethernet devices will use same system default MAC address. When +all Ethernet devices will use same system default MAC address. +When .Pa true , Ethernet devices which have a unique MAC address will use it rather than the system default MAC address. .El .Sh WARNINGS The fields and their values are not necessarily well defined on -systems with an OpenProm. Your mileage may vary. +systems with an OpenProm. +Your mileage may vary. .Pp There are a few fields known to exist in some revisions of the EEPROM -and/or OpenProm that are not yet supported. Most notable are those +and/or OpenProm that are not yet supported. +Most notable are those relating to password protection of the EEPROM or OpenProm. .Pp -Avoid gratuitously changing the contents of the EEPROM. It has a limited -number of write cycles. +Avoid gratuitously changing the contents of the EEPROM. +It has a limited number of write cycles. .Pp The date parser isn't very intelligent. .Sh FILES |