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authorrnordier <rnordier@FreeBSD.org>1999-06-26 21:57:08 +0000
committerrnordier <rnordier@FreeBSD.org>1999-06-26 21:57:08 +0000
commitf5495f36789bcf7f45415006aed5f3e150c1f492 (patch)
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parent22873f97176d802249f127108bb5d1002a4e8dde (diff)
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Document -P (keyboard probe) assumptions.
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-rw-r--r--sbin/reboot/boot_i386.811
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 b/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8
index 73ad889..e3f578b 100644
--- a/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8
+++ b/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)boot_i386.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
.\"
-.\" $Id: boot_i386.8,v 1.17 1999/03/16 13:16:11 rnordier Exp $
+.\" $Id: boot_i386.8,v 1.18 1999/05/22 12:55:16 rnordier Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 19, 1994
.Dt BOOT 8 i386
@@ -293,4 +293,13 @@ The disklabel format used by this version of
is quite
different from that of other architectures.
.Pp
+Due to space constraints, the keyboard probe initiated by the
+.Fl P
+option is simply a test that the BIOS has detected an
+.Dq extended
+keyboard. If an
+.Dq XT/AT
+keyboard (with no F11 and F12 keys, etc.) is attached, the probe will
+fail.
+.Pp
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