Allow yaboot to load relocatable kernel

[yaboot.git] / man / yabootconfig.8

diff --git a/man/yabootconfig.8 b/man/yabootconfig.8
index 8d169ee0caf42c991449848d8de7a3630ec89abf..e46710e6b436621e9a1a55943410e01354920dbd 100644 (file)
--- a/man/yabootconfig.8
+++ b/man/yabootconfig.8
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
 .\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 .\" GNU General Public License for more details.
 .\"
-.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License          
-.\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software                
+.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+.\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 .\" Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 .\"
-.TH YABOOTCONFIG 8 "22 June 2001" "GNU/Linux PowerPC" "System Manager's Manual"
+.TH YABOOTCONFIG 8 "24 November 2001" "GNU/Linux PowerPC" "System Manager's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 .B yabootconfig
 \- generates a simple /etc/yaboot.conf
@@ -26,15 +26,17 @@
 .RB [ \ \-t | \-\-chroot\ \\fIdirectory\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-b | \-\-boot\ \fIdevice\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-r | \-\-root\ \fIdevice\  ]
+.RB [ \ \-\-kernel-args\ \\fI"kernel_args"\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-q | \-\-quiet\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-\-noinstall\  ]
+.RB [ \ \-\-debug\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-h | \-\-help\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-V | \-\-version\  ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-This manual page explains 
+This manual page explains
 .B yabootconfig
-the configurator for the  
-.BR yaboot (8) 
+the configurator for the
+.BR yaboot (8)
 boot loader enabling GNU/Linux to be booted by OpenFirmware.
 Specifically it inspects the running system, generates a working
 .BR /etc/yaboot.conf (5)
@@ -53,10 +55,10 @@ should be kept. \fBmkofboot\fR will refuse to operate on the
 
 .B yabootconfig
 requires \fBofpath\fR(8) in order to get the OpenFirmware device name
-for the root disk on PowerMacs. 
+for the root disk on PowerMacs.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
-.BR \-t.,\  \-\-chroot\ \fIdirectory
+.BR \-t ,\  \-\-chroot\ \fIdirectory
 Cause \fByabootconfig\fR to work as if \fIdirectory\fR is the /
 directory.  This is useful when booting from a rescue floppy or CDROM
 in which case you mount your true root filesystem on /target or /mnt.
@@ -107,6 +109,10 @@ after it successfully generates a valid
 \fI<chroot>/etc/yaboot.conf\fR.  This option causes \fByabootconfig\fR
 to only generate the config file without installing the \fBbootstrap\fR.
 .TP
+.BR \-\-debug
+This option causes \fByabootconfig\fR to output some boring details useful
+only for debugging \fByabootconfig\fR itself.
+.TP
 .BR \-h ,\  \-\-help
 Print out usage information and exit.
 .TP
@@ -120,14 +126,12 @@ Print out the version number and exit.
 .fi
 .SH AUTHORS
 .B yabootconfig
-and this man page was written by Ethan Benson. 
+and this man page was written by Ethan Benson.
 .br
 .B yaboot
 was written by Benjamin Herrenschmidt.
 .SH REPORTING BUGS
 Report bugs to <erbenson@alaska.net>
-.br
-Report bugs in \fByaboot\fR(8) to <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR bootstrap (8),
 .BR fstab (5),