diff --git a/sys/arch/arm26/stand/BBBB/BBBB.8 b/sys/arch/arm26/stand/BBBB/BBBB.8 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6c5324a34273 --- /dev/null +++ b/sys/arch/arm26/stand/BBBB/BBBB.8 @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +.Dd November 21, 2000 +.Dt BBBB 8 arm26 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm BBBB +.Nd Bootloader for +.Nx Ns /arm26 +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl adsqv +.Op Ar file +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +is a program that runs under +.Tn RISC OS +and launches the +.Nx Ns /arm26 +kernel. It needs to be installed in a +.Tn RISC OS +filesystem and given file type FFB (BASIC). The kernel it is to load +also needs to be stored in a +.Tn RISC OS +filesystem. +.Pp +It takes the following options, which set flags in the +.Va boothowto +variable in the booted kernel: +.Bl -tag -width Fl +.It Fl a +.Pq Dv RB_ASKNAME +Cause the kernel to prompt the user for the name of the device containing the +root filesystem. This also causes +.Nm +to prompt for the name of the kernel to be loaded. +.It Fl s +.Pq Dv RB_SINGLE +Cause the kernel to ask +.Nm init +to boot into single-user mode. +.It Fl d +.Pq Dv RB_KDB +Cause the kernel to ented the kernel debugger as soon as possible. +.It Fl q +.Pq Dv RB_QUIET +Cause the kernel to emit fewer messages than normal while starting up. +.It Fl v +.Pq Dv RB_VERBOSE +Cause the kernel to emit more messages than normal while starting up. +.El +.Pp +.Nm +attempts to load the kernel from the +.Tn RISC OS +file specified as +.Ar file , +or from +.Pa netbsd +if +.Ar file +is not specified. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ddb 4 , +.Xr init 8 +.Sh HISTORY +.Nm +is as old as +.Nx Ns /arm26 , +which isn't very old. Its name is a contraction of +.Dq Ben's BASIC BSD Bootloader . +.Sh BUGS +.Nm +cannot load kernels from a +.Nx +filesystem, nor can it load compressed kernels. diff --git a/sys/arch/arm26/stand/BBBB/Makefile b/sys/arch/arm26/stand/BBBB/Makefile index 62783d268311..08fdb3014e9f 100644 --- a/sys/arch/arm26/stand/BBBB/Makefile +++ b/sys/arch/arm26/stand/BBBB/Makefile @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ -# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.1 2000/11/21 23:47:38 bjh21 Exp $ +# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.2 2000/11/22 00:18:47 bjh21 Exp $ -#MAN= BBBB.8 +MAN= BBBB.8 +MANSUBDIR= /arm26 .if !defined(BASTOK) .ifnmake(print-objdir)