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author | trhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-12-19 18:26:26 +0000 |
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committer | trhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-12-19 18:26:26 +0000 |
commit | 74d2e1db46ed5f1409f19d3486f86cf24eb70547 (patch) | |
tree | 810077631429973d77f5188a49fe61ea558ff2b4 /share/man/man5/device.hints.5 | |
parent | 0989bb3e9199d48586d3c9e90278f88397cc12cf (diff) | |
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Tweak the grammar in the device.hints(5) manual page.
PR: 45893
Submitted by: Chris Pepper <pepper@rockefeller.edu> (Original Version)
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man5/device.hints.5')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/device.hints.5 b/share/man/man5/device.hints.5 index 1f0cb37..92fc9db 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/device.hints.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/device.hints.5 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ The .Nm file is read in by the boot .Xr loader 8 -when the system is about to start and its contents will be +when the system is about to start, and its contents are passed to the kernel. It contains various variables to control the boot behavior of the kernel. @@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ Lines starting with the character are comments and are ignored by the boot loader. .Pp After the file is read by the boot loader, you may examine -the variables by the +the variables with the .Ic show -command, and may add a new variable, modify existing one, -or delete one by the +command, and may add a new variable, modify an existing one, +or delete a variable with the .Ic set and .Ic unset @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ commands of the boot loader .Xr loader 8 ) . .Pp After the system has started, you can dump these variables -by the +with the .Xr kenv 1 command. .Sh DEVICE HINTS @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ where .Ar driver is the name of a device driver, .Ar unit -is the unit number, +is the unit number, and .Ar keyword is the keyword of the hint. The keyword may be: @@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ is the interrupt line number to be used. .It Li drq is the DMA channel number. .It Li maddr -specifies the physical memory address occupied by the device. +specifies the physical memory address used by the device. .It Li flags sets various flag bits for the device. .It Li disabled -is set to +can be set to .Qq 1 to disable the device. .El |