Tweak documentation to RB_ constants to reflect current use

RB_ASKNAME is no longer instructions to the boot loader to request a
prompt for which kernel to boot. Instead, it asks for what the root
file system to use. RB_INITNAME is unused, and never has been in
FreeBSD as far as I can tell. Remove it from the documentation and fix
comment. RB_SELFTEST and RB_MINIROOT likewise (though they were
completely undocumented). These last three constants can likely just
be deleted as nothing references them (even to set useless bits).

RB_ASKNAME doesn't actually survive reboot, however, so needs to be
communicated to the bootloader via other means. If the bootloader sets
it, though, it will be honored.
This commit is contained in:
Warner Losh 2018-07-10 00:01:14 +00:00
parent add14e43f8
commit bdea3adca6
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=336148
2 changed files with 9 additions and 21 deletions

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@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" @(#)reboot.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd October 24, 2017
.Dd July 10, 2018
.Dt REBOOT 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -58,18 +58,13 @@ options, defined in the include file
.In sys/reboot.h ,
to be passed
to the new kernel or the new bootstrap and init programs.
.Bl -tag -width RB_INITNAMEA
.Bl -tag -width RB_POWERCYCLE
.It Dv RB_AUTOBOOT
The default, causing the system to reboot in its usual fashion.
.It Dv RB_ASKNAME
Interpreted by the bootstrap program itself, causing it to
prompt on the console as to what file should be booted.
Normally, the system is booted from the file
.Dq Ar xx Ns No (0,0)kernel ,
where
.Ar xx
is the default disk name,
without prompting for the file name.
Normally the system only prompts the user if the loader specified root
file system has an error.
This flag forces it to always prompt the user for the root partition.
.It Dv RB_DFLTROOT
Use the compiled in root device.
Normally, the system uses the device from which it was booted
@ -96,13 +91,6 @@ driver implements this feature.
After halting, the shutdown code will do what it can to turn
off the power.
This requires hardware support.
.It Dv RB_INITNAME
An option allowing the specification of an init program (see
.Xr init 8 )
other than
.Pa /sbin/init
to be run when the system reboots.
This switch is not currently available.
.It Dv RB_KDB
Load the symbol table and enable a built-in debugger in the system.
This option will have no useful function if the kernel is not configured

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*/
#define RB_AUTOBOOT 0 /* flags for system auto-booting itself */
#define RB_ASKNAME 0x001 /* ask for file name to reboot from */
#define RB_ASKNAME 0x001 /* force prompt of device of root filesystem */
#define RB_SINGLE 0x002 /* reboot to single user only */
#define RB_NOSYNC 0x004 /* dont sync before reboot */
#define RB_HALT 0x008 /* don't reboot, just halt */
#define RB_INITNAME 0x010 /* name given for /etc/init (unused) */
#define RB_INITNAME 0x010 /* Unused placeholder to specify init path */
#define RB_DFLTROOT 0x020 /* use compiled-in rootdev */
#define RB_KDB 0x040 /* give control to kernel debugger */
#define RB_RDONLY 0x080 /* mount root fs read-only */
#define RB_DUMP 0x100 /* dump kernel memory before reboot */
#define RB_MINIROOT 0x200 /* mini-root present in memory at boot time */
#define RB_MINIROOT 0x200 /* Unused placeholder */
#define RB_VERBOSE 0x800 /* print all potentially useful info */
#define RB_SERIAL 0x1000 /* use serial port as console */
#define RB_CDROM 0x2000 /* use cdrom as root */
#define RB_POWEROFF 0x4000 /* turn the power off if possible */
#define RB_GDB 0x8000 /* use GDB remote debugger instead of DDB */
#define RB_MUTE 0x10000 /* start up with the console muted */
#define RB_SELFTEST 0x20000 /* don't complete the boot; do selftest */
#define RB_SELFTEST 0x20000 /* unused placeholder */
#define RB_RESERVED1 0x40000 /* reserved for internal use of boot blocks */
#define RB_RESERVED2 0x80000 /* reserved for internal use of boot blocks */
#define RB_PAUSE 0x100000 /* pause after each output line during probe */