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@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ purpose programs such as
and
.Nm netstat .
.Pp
+Some of the variables which can not be modified during normal system
+operation can be initialized by setting them from
+.Xr loader 8 .
+This can for example be done by setting the variable in
+.Xr loader.conf 5 .
+.Pp
The string and integer information is summarized below.
For a detailed description of these variable see
.Xr sysctl 3 .
@@ -275,7 +281,9 @@ The
option has been deprecated and is silently ignored.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr sysctl 3 ,
-.Xr sysctl.conf 5
+.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
+.Xr sysctl.conf 5 ,
+.Xr loader 8
.Sh BUGS
The
.Nm
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