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# 303975 11-Aug-2016 gjb

Copy stable/11@r303970 to releng/11.0 as part of the 11.0-RELEASE
cycle.

Prune svn:mergeinfo from the new branch, and rename it to RC1.

Update __FreeBSD_version.

Use the quarterly branch for the default FreeBSD.conf pkg(8) repo and
the dvd1.iso packages population.

Approved by: re (implicit)
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation

# 302408 08-Jul-2016 gjb

Copy head@r302406 to stable/11 as part of the 11.0-RELEASE cycle.
Prune svn:mergeinfo from the new branch, as nothing has been merged
here.

Additional commits post-branch will follow.

Approved by: re (implicit)
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation


# 258270 17-Nov-2013 dteske

Add a try-include word (which acts the same as "include") and use it to
conditionally include (but ignore failures) /boot/loader.rc.local and
/boot/menu.rc.local -- to make customizing the menu easier.

Reviewed by: alfred
Discussed on: -hackers


# 257650 04-Nov-2013 dteske

Defer loading of kernel and modules if the beastie menu is enabled. Add a
kernel selection menu to the beastie menu. List of kernels is taken from
`kernels' in loader.conf(5) as a space (or comma) separated list of names
to display (up to 9). If not set, default value is "kernel kernel.old".
Does not validate that kernels exist because the next enhancement will be
to allow selection of the root device.

Discussed on: -current
MFC after: 3 days


# 244158 12-Dec-2012 dteske

Fix a regression caused by SVN r222417.

Prior to r222417, setting `password' in loader.conf(5) did not prevent boot
but instead only prevented changes to boot options by prompting for password
if autoboot failed or the user interrupted the countdown sequence.
After r222417 the same machine with `password' set in loader.conf(5) would no
longer boot without _always_ entering the password.

This patch restores the old (8.x and older) functionality for password in
loader.conf(5) while adding a new bootlock_password feature to replace the
edge-case should anybody desire the regressed functionality (HINT: great for
PXE servers and/or private distributions).

loader.conf(5) was updated to be more clear with-respect to password setting
(previous text was misleading).

Documentation (loader.conf(5) and check-password.4th(8)) has been updated to
include notes on the new bootlock_password setting.

Special thanks to Alex Verbod for bringing this to my attention and helping to
refine the loader.conf(5) text.

PR: conf/170110
Submitted by: Vitaly Zakharov <ded3axap@gmail.com>
Reviewed by: Alexander Verbod <alexander.verbod@gmail.com>


# 141846 13-Feb-2005 ru

Expand *n't contractions.


# 135995 30-Sep-2004 ru

Setting "kernel" to an absolute path is a bad idea because
after loading such a kernel, "module_path" will be set to
an insane value. Fixed example by providing an equivalent
setting. For the record, when automatically loading a
kernel (commands "boot" and "boot-conf"), the following is
tried, in this order:

path=/boot/${kernel} file=${bootfile}
path=/boot/${kernel} file=${kernel}
path=${kernel} file=${bootfile}
path=${kernel} file=${kernel}
path=${module_path} file=${kernel}


# 101824 13-Aug-2002 ru

mdoc(7) police: Get rid of hard sentence breaks.


# 99975 14-Jul-2002 charnier

The .Nm set of commands


# 97568 30-May-2002 schweikh

Fix a handful of typos and grammar bogons. No content changes.
Translators can ignore this commit.

MFC after: 2 weeks


# 96247 09-May-2002 joe

Replace /kernel with /boot/kernel/kernel.

PR: docs/37757
Submitted by: Hiten Pandya <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org>


# 81588 13-Aug-2001 ru

Spell "FreeBSD" with "F" and "BSD" in uppercase.


# 79454 09-Jul-2001 dd

mdoc(7) police: remove extraneous .Pp before and/or after .Sh.


# 71102 16-Jan-2001 ru

Prepare for mdoc(7)NG.


# 68961 20-Nov-2000 ru

mdoc(7) police: use the new features of the Nm macro.


# 65622 08-Sep-2000 dcs

Update boot and boot-conf descriptions to reflect new and old changes.
Add a warning in loader(8) that boot might be changed by loader.4th.


# 52674 30-Oct-1999 phantom

Remove comments left since mdoc.template time or just useless comments


# 50477 28-Aug-1999 peter

$Id$ -> $FreeBSD$


# 47198 14-May-1999 dcs

Add "initialize" to loader.4th, so running "start" is not actually needed.


# 46352 03-May-1999 jkoshy

Correct misuse of .Nm.

PR: docs/11449
Submitted by: Kazuo Horikawa <horikawa@jp.freebsd.org>


# 46005 24-Apr-1999 dcs

Add loader.4th man page (worst man page I ever wrote -- reviews
are welcomed). Correct a nasty bug in loader.4th before anyone
notices, add a couple of features.