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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-19 17:57:20 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-19 17:57:20 +0000
commit480390dc59325200978ed49a1b26f00a94c91baa (patch)
tree062c09ac43a080a68cd77af35c77fcac0d938f46 /usr.sbin/eeprom/eeprom.8
parentfb660b4c0cea9ae33d3d4dac0984c52ed7b6eeb0 (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.878
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