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+.\" $NetBSD: kloader.4,v 1.4 2014/03/31 11:25:48 martin Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Valeriy E. Ushakov
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\"
+.Dd April 3, 2004
+.Dt KLOADER 4
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm kloader
+.Nd in-kernel bootloader
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Cd options KLOADER
+.Cd options KLOADER_KERNEL_PATH="\e"/netbsd\e""
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+is the in-kernel bootloader for platforms that do not have a proper
+firmware.
+.Pp
+Some platforms supported by
+.Nx
+do not have a firmware that can boot the
+.Nx
+kernel.
+Examples are game consoles (dreamcast and playstation2 ports), and
+handhelds (hpcarm, hpcmips, and hpcsh ports).
+On such platforms the bootloader is usually a host program that runs
+under the native OS.
+This means that rebooting
+.Nx
+is a lengthy process of booting into the native OS first,
+launching the bootloader program, and finally booting
+.Nx
+again.
+This problem is addressed by
+.Nm ,
+which allows the currently running kernel to serve as a bootloader
+for the kernel being booted, thus avoiding the burden of booting
+into the native OS first.
+.Pp
+When
+.Nm
+is configured into the kernel, a call to
+.Xr reboot 2
+causes the
+.Nm
+to load the new kernel into memory, and arrange for control to be
+passed to the new kernel \(em just like a standalone bootloader does.
+The new kernel then boots in the ordinary manner.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr reboot 2 ,
+.Xr boot 8 ,
+.Xr reboot 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+.Nm
+first appeared in
+.Nx 1.6 .
+.Sh BUGS
+.Nm
+ignores
+.Fa howto
+and
+.Fa bootstr
+arguments passed to the
+.Xr reboot 2
+system call, and reboots the system with the previous boot settings.
+.Pp
+.Nm
+doesn't support booting compressed kernels.
+.Pp
+The hpcarm port doesn't support
+.Nm
+yet.