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author | sobomax <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-08-01 22:19:01 +0000 |
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committer | sobomax <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-08-01 22:19:01 +0000 |
commit | a2e1257dac349364bf2162e7c5d187107fcd8725 (patch) | |
tree | aba24c38e600543d1256c6e33ef0efd99bf3900f /share/man/man4/man4.powerpc | |
parent | a152234cf9a52766984ecb9a96cc1e5740ae9d78 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-a2e1257dac349364bf2162e7c5d187107fcd8725.zip FreeBSD-src-a2e1257dac349364bf2162e7c5d187107fcd8725.tar.gz |
Add device to access and modify Open Firmware NVRAM settings in
PowerPC-based Apple's machines and small utility to do it from
userland modelled after the similar utility in Darwin/OSX.
Only tested on 1.25GHz G4 Mac Mini.
MFC after: 1 month
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/man4.powerpc')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/man4.powerpc/Makefile | 7 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/man4.powerpc/powermac_nvram.4 | 58 |
2 files changed, 65 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.powerpc/Makefile b/share/man/man4/man4.powerpc/Makefile new file mode 100644 index 0000000..55d73ad --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.powerpc/Makefile @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +# $FreeBSD$ + +MAN= powermac_nvram.4 + +MANSUBDIR=/powerpc + +.include <bsd.prog.mk> diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.powerpc/powermac_nvram.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.powerpc/powermac_nvram.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e8b18ef --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.powerpc/powermac_nvram.4 @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +.\"- +.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" 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 AUTHOR 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. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd August 1, 2006 +.Dt POWERMAC_NVRAM 4 powerpc +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm powermac_nvram +.Nd "non-volatile RAM" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "device powermac_nvram" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides access to the Open Firmware configuration NVRAM +available on the Apple PowerPC-based machines. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr nvram 8 , +.Xr eeprom 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Fx 7.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Maxim Sobolev Aq sobomax@FreeBSD.org . +.Sh BUGS +Currently, +.Nm +driver only supports systems equipped with AMD flash part and is only +tested on Apple G4-based Mac Mini machines. |