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[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man8/man8.acorn26 New sentence, new line.



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/3c6651636211
branches:  trunk
changeset: 345004:3c6651636211
user:      wiz <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Mon May 02 09:41:49 2016 +0000

description:
New sentence, new line.

diffstat:

 share/man/man8/man8.acorn26/boot26.8 |  39 +++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diffs (91 lines):

diff -r d777237939f5 -r 3c6651636211 share/man/man8/man8.acorn26/boot26.8
--- a/share/man/man8/man8.acorn26/boot26.8      Mon May 02 09:39:24 2016 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man8/man8.acorn26/boot26.8      Mon May 02 09:41:49 2016 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: boot26.8,v 1.6 2016/04/30 14:32:22 jakllsch Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: boot26.8,v 1.7 2016/05/02 09:41:49 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2000, 2001 Ben Harris
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -42,9 +42,10 @@
 .Tn RISC OS
 and launches the
 .Nx Ns /acorn26
-kernel.  It needs to be installed in a RISC OS
-filesystem and given file type FFA (Module).  The kernel it is to load
-also needs to be stored in a
+kernel.
+It needs to be installed in a RISC OS
+filesystem and given file type FFA (Module).
+The kernel it is to load also needs to be stored in a
 .Tn RISC OS
 filesystem.
 .Pp
@@ -56,7 +57,8 @@
 .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
+root filesystem.
+This also causes
 .Nm
 to prompt for the name of the kernel to be loaded.
 .It Fl s
@@ -86,13 +88,13 @@
 .Pa netbsd
 if
 .Ar file
-is not specified.  The file must be an ELF image, and may have been compressed
-using
+is not specified.
+The file must be an ELF image, and may have been compressed using
 .Xr gzip 1 .
 .Ss Use as a module
 .Nm
-is implemented as a RISC OS relocatable module.  It can be loaded into memory
-by running
+is implemented as a RISC OS relocatable module.
+It can be loaded into memory by running
 .Ql *RMLoad boot26 .
 After this,
 .Nx
@@ -113,10 +115,10 @@
 When it starts up,
 .Nm
 displays the current memory map.
-Each character in the map represents one page of (physical) RAM.  The
-ticks along the top are to stop you getting lost.  The characters in the
-map indicate what the memory's being used for (actually where it's
-logically mapped):
+Each character in the map represents one page of (physical) RAM.
+The ticks along the top are to stop you getting lost.
+The characters in the map indicate what the memory's being used for
+(actually where it's logically mapped):
 .Pp
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 0 -\*[Gt] zero-page
@@ -138,7 +140,8 @@
 The next page is usually zero page under RISC OS, and is used for
 zero page under
 .Nx
-as well.  The next is usually the system heap under RISC OS,
+as well.
+The next is usually the system heap under RISC OS,
 and is used for process 0's kernel stack under
 .Nx .
 The next is used for the message buffer under
@@ -146,10 +149,10 @@
 Pages from there on are used to load
 the kernel, and must be free if
 .Nm
-is to do so successfully.  Future
-bootloaders should load the kernel into whatever pages are free, then kick
-out RISC OS and shuffle them into the right shape.  This is left as an
-exercise for the enthusiastic reader.
+is to do so successfully.
+Future bootloaders should load the kernel into whatever pages are
+free, then kick out RISC OS and shuffle them into the right shape.
+This is left as an exercise for the enthusiastic reader.
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width Pa
 .It Pa /usr/mdec/boot26,ffa



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