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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 15:32:58 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 15:32:58 -0400 |
| commit | 5cb84ec742fd33f78c8022863fadaa8d0d93e176 (patch) | |
| tree | 1a81ca3665e6153923e40db7b0d988f8573ab59c /static/netbsd/man9/cpu_rootconf.9 | |
| parent | a59214f344567c037d5776879bcfc5fcc1d4d5f6 (diff) | |
feat: Added NetBSD man pages
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man9/cpu_rootconf.9 b/static/netbsd/man9/cpu_rootconf.9 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..85364288 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man9/cpu_rootconf.9 @@ -0,0 +1,140 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: cpu_rootconf.9,v 1.10 2014/11/26 20:46:46 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation +.\" by Gregory McGarry. +.\" +.\" 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 NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``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 FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS +.\" 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. +.\" +.Dd November 11, 2014 +.Dt CPU_ROOTCONF 9 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm cpu_rootconf , +.Nm rootconf , +.Nm setroot +.Nd root file system setup +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/types.h +.In sys/systm.h +.Ft void +.Fn cpu_rootconf "void" +.Ft void +.Fn rootconf "void" +.Ft void +.Fn setroot "device_t bootdv" "int bootpartition" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn cpu_rootconf +is a machine-dependent interface invoked during system bootstrap to +determine the root file system device and initialize machine-dependent +file system state. +.Fn cpu_rootconf +provides the global variables +.Fa booted_device , +.Fa booted_partition , +.Fa booted_startblk , +.Fa booted_nblks , +and +.Fa bootspec . +.Fa cpu_rootconf +invokes the machine-independent function +.Fa rootconf +which calls the function +.Fa setroot +to record the root device and the root partition information +for use in machine-independent code. +.Pp +.Fa rootconf +may adjust the global variables and determines the parameters +for setroot. +This is for example used to translate a device +and partition number provided by the bootloader into a disk +wedge device covering the same partition. +.Pp +If the bootloader already identified a disk wedge, it passes +a non-zero value for +.Fa booted_nblks , +then +.Fa booted_startblk +and +.Fa booted_nblks +specify a disk wedge as the boot device. +.Pp +.Fa setroot +evaluates several sources to identify the root device in the +following order until a valid device is selected: +.Bl -enum +.It +The kernel configuration variable +.Fa rootspec +which is set by +.Xr config 1 . +The value is the name and unit of the root device, e.g., "sd0" (disk) +or "dk0" (wedge) or "le0" (network) or the prefix "wedge:" followed +by the name of the disk wedge. +For disk devices the partition passed as argument to +.Fa setroot +is used. +.It +The variable +.Fa bootspec +following the same syntax. +.It +The result of an interactive query of the root device if +.Fa boothowto +has set the flag +.Dv RB_ASKNAME . +The input uses the same syntax as the previous sources. +Here also the kernel dump device is queried. +.It +The boot device and partition passed as arguments. +.El +.Pp +If a root device cannot be selected, +.Fa setroot +sets the +.Dv RB_ASKNAME +flag and loops. +.Pp +Otherwise the kernel dump device is identified in a similar +manner from +.Bl -enum +.It +The result of a previous interactive query. +See above. +.It +The kernel configuration variable +.Fa dumpspec , +if set. +.It +The second partition of the root device, if it is a regular disk. +.It +The first disk wedge device of type DKW_PTYPE_SWAP. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr config 1 , +.Xr dk 4 , +.Xr boot 8 , +.Xr boothowto 9 |
