Re: Documentation for rndseed misplaced?

[Patrick Welche <prlw1%cam.ac.uk@localhost>]

On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 10:36:10AM -0800, Paul Goyette wrote:
> It appears that 'rndseed' is listed in the boot.cfg(5) man page along with
> other keyword=value pairs ('default=x', 'timeout=x', 'load=mod', 'clear',
> etc.)
> 
> But its usage seems to indicate that it belongs in boot(8), along with other
> commands ('boot <kernel> <flags>', 'load <module>', etc.).  The prototype
> boot.cfg file installed from src/etc/etc.amd64/boot.cfg has
> 
>       menu=Boot normally:rndseed /var/db/entropy-file;boot netbsd
> 
> So my question is, should rndseed be documented in boot(8)?  And should it
> be removed from boot.cfg(5)?

I don't think so: I can't type "rndseed" at the boot(8) prompt...

Cheers,

Patrick