svn commit: r342666 - head/usr.sbin/efibootmgr
Rebecca Cran
bcran at FreeBSD.org
Tue Jan 1 04:57:47 UTC 2019
Author: bcran
Date: Tue Jan 1 04:57:46 2019
New Revision: 342666
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/342666
Log:
Update the efibootmgr(8) man page to document changes to options.
Modified:
head/usr.sbin/efibootmgr/efibootmgr.8
Modified: head/usr.sbin/efibootmgr/efibootmgr.8
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.sbin/efibootmgr/efibootmgr.8 Tue Jan 1 00:48:25 2019 (r342665)
+++ head/usr.sbin/efibootmgr/efibootmgr.8 Tue Jan 1 04:57:46 2019 (r342666)
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@
.Nm efibootmgr
.Nd manipulate the EFI Boot Manager
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Op Fl aAnNB Ar bootnum
+.Op Fl aAnNB
+.Op Fl b Ar bootnum
.Op Fl t Ar timeout
.Op Fl T
.Op Fl o Ar bootorder
.Op Fl v
-.Op Fl c l Ar loader [ Fl k Ar kernel ] [ Fl L Ar label ] [ Fl -dry-run ] [ Fl b Ar bootnum ]
+.Op Fl c l Ar loader [ Fl k Ar kernel ] [ Fl L Ar label ] [ Fl -dry-run ]
.Sh "DESCRIPTION"
.Nm
manipulates how UEFI Boot Managers boot the system.
@@ -71,19 +72,19 @@ The path to and name of the loader.
.It Fl k -kernel Ar kernel
The path to and name of the kernel.
.It Fl b -bootnum Ar bootnum
-When creating a new entry, use bootnum as the index.
-Fail if it already exists.
+When creating or modifying an entry, use bootnum as the index.
+When creating a new entry, fail if it already exists.
.It Fl L -label Ar label
An optional description for the entry.
.It Fl D -dry-run
Process but do not change any variables.
-.It Fl B -delete Ar bootnum
+.It Fl B -delete
Delete the given bootnum boot entry.
-.It Fl a -activate Ar bootnum
-Activate the given bootnum boot entry.
-.It Fl A -deactivate Ar bootnum
+.It Fl a -activate
+Activate the given bootnum boot entry, or the new entry when used with -c.
+.It Fl A -deactivate
Deactivate the given bootnum boot entry.
-.It Fl n -bootnext Ar bootnum
+.It Fl n -bootnext
Set bootnum boot entry as the BootNext variable.
.It Fl N -delete-bootnext
Delete the BootNext optional variable.
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ Display the device path of boot entries in the output.
.Pp
.Sh Examples
.Pp
-To Display the current Boot related variables in the system:
+To display the current Boot related variables in the system:
.Pp
.Dl efibootmgr [-v]
.Pp
@@ -130,18 +131,18 @@ into the first position of current BootOrder variable
must first be set to active before being considered available to attempt booting from, else they
are ignored.
.Pp
-.Dl efibootmgr -B 0009
+.Dl efibootmgr -B -b 0009
.Pp
Will delete the given boot entry Boot0009
.Pp
To set a given newly created boot entry active use:
.Pp
-.Dl efibootmgr -a 0009
+.Dl efibootmgr -a -b 0009
.Pp
To set a given boot entry to be used as the BootNext variable, irrespective
of its active state, use:
.Pp
-.Dl efibootmgr -n 0009
+.Dl efibootmgr -n -b 0009
.Pp
To set the BootOrder for the next reboot use:
.Pp
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