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.
 .\"
 .\" 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.
 .\"
 .\" 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
 .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 [ \ \-t | \-\-chroot\ \\fIdirectory\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-b | \-\-boot\ \fIdevice\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-r | \-\-root\ \fIdevice\  ]

+.RB [ \ \-\-kernel-args\ \\fI"kernel_args"\  ]

 .RB [ \ \-q | \-\-quiet\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-\-noinstall\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-q | \-\-quiet\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-\-noinstall\  ]

+.RB [ \ \-\-debug\  ]

 .RB [ \ \-h | \-\-help\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-V | \-\-version\  ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .RB [ \ \-h | \-\-help\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-V | \-\-version\  ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION

-This manual page explains 
+This manual page explains

 .B yabootconfig
 .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)
 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
 
 .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
 .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.
 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
 \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
 .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
 .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
 .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),
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR bootstrap (8),
 .BR fstab (5),