[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man8/man8.i386 New sentence, new line; nits. XXX: ...

[wiz <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

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changeset: 547154:0ad98b41d9ca
user:      wiz <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Wed May 14 12:19:15 2003 +0000

description:
New sentence, new line; nits. XXX: this page might need an update.

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 share/man/man8/man8.i386/boot_console.8 |  68 ++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

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diff -r b68dc7d79649 -r 0ad98b41d9ca share/man/man8/man8.i386/boot_console.8
--- a/share/man/man8/man8.i386/boot_console.8   Wed May 14 12:18:07 2003 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man8/man8.i386/boot_console.8   Wed May 14 12:19:15 2003 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: boot_console.8,v 1.9 2003/03/20 17:27:05 drochner Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: boot_console.8,v 1.10 2003/05/14 12:19:15 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1997
 .\"    Matthias Drochner.  All rights reserved.
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
 i386 bootloader selects a console device for its user interaction and
 passes information about it to the
 .Nx
-kernel.  The selection process is controlled by bootloader compile-time
+kernel.
+The selection process is controlled by bootloader compile-time
 options and system setup at the bootloader startup time, and may
 be changed on-the-fly from within the bootloader.
 .\"
@@ -47,24 +48,27 @@
 are:
 .Bl -ohang
 .It Dv Sy SUPPORT_SERIAL= Ns Fa policy
-enables support for serial input / output.  By default this option is
+enables support for serial input/output.
+By default this option is
 not set and the standard PC keyboard and display are always used as the
-console device.  See
-.Dq Em "Console selection Policy"
+console device.
+See
+.Sx Console Selection Policy
 below for valid values of
 .Fa policy .
 .It Dv Sy DIRECT_SERIAL
 causes direct hardware access to be used for serial input / output.
 With this option, software handshake (XON/XOFF) is used for flow
-control.  Without this option, BIOS functions are employed for serial
+control.
+Without this option, BIOS functions are employed for serial
 port handling, which require hardware handshake lines to be completely
 wired.
 .It Dv Sy CONSPEED= Ns Fa integer
-sets the baud-rate for the serial console.  This option has only an
-effect when used in combination with the
+sets the baud-rate for the serial console.
+This option has only an effect when used in combination with the
 .Dq Dv DIRECT_SERIAL
-option above, otherwise, the default setting of 9600 baud is used.  The
-value of
+option above, otherwise, the default setting of 9600 baud is used.
+The value of
 .Fa integer
 must be something that makes sense as a serial port baud rate.
 .It Dv Sy COMCONS_KEYPRESS
@@ -82,8 +86,8 @@
 Force use of the standard PC keyboard and display as the console.
 .It Dv Em CONSDEV_COM0 Li ... Dv Em CONSDEV_COM3
 Use the serial port with the corresponding BIOS number as the console.
-No output is attempted to the selected serial port.  If the port is not
-known to the BIOS, it falls back to
+No output is attempted to the selected serial port.
+If the port is not known to the BIOS, it falls back to
 .Dq Dv CONSDEV_PC .
 (Note: This feature can be deliberately used for console selection if
 the serial ports have been disabled in the BIOS.)
@@ -94,20 +98,22 @@
 is defined the RS-232
 .Dq "modem ready"
 status is on after the character is output), the port is used as
-console.  If the port is not known to the BIOS, it falls back to
+console.
+If the port is not known to the BIOS, it falls back to
 .Dq Dv CONSDEV_PC .
 .It Dv Em CONSDEV_AUTO
-Auto-select the console.  All serial ports known to the BIOS are probed
-in sequence.  If output of a character to the port succeeds (and if
+Auto-select the console.
+All serial ports known to the BIOS are probed in sequence.
+If output of a character to the port succeeds (and if
 .Dq Dv DIRECT_SERIAL
 is defined the RS-232
 .Dq "modem ready"
 status is on after the character is output), the port is used as console.
 If no serial port passes the check,
 .Dq Dv CONSDEV_PC
-is used.  The progress of the selection process is shown at the PC
-display as digits corresponding to the serial port number currently
-probed.
+is used.
+The progress of the selection process is shown at the PC display as
+digits corresponding to the serial port number currently probed.
 .El
 .\"
 .Sh FILES
@@ -123,23 +129,25 @@
 .Sh BUGS
 The value of
 .Dv SERIAL_POLICY
-should be settable through a boot configuration option.  However
-traditionally there was no non-volatile storage available on the PC
-platform.  This requires console auto-selection methods which can be
-inconvenient and / or unstable in some situations.  The selection policy
-should be adapted to the local hardware configuration, which might
-require code changes.  (Some BIOS versions, particularly those used on
+should be settable through a boot configuration option.
+However traditionally there was no non-volatile storage available on the
+PC platform.
+This requires console auto-selection methods which can be
+inconvenient and/or unstable in some situations.
+The selection policy should be adapted to the local hardware configuration,
+which might require code changes.
+(Some BIOS versions, particularly those used on
 large servers and in embedded and single-board industrial computers,
-have integrated support for serial consoles.  The boot loader should
-query for these settings if possible.)
+have integrated support for serial consoles.
+The boot loader should query for these settings if possible.)
 .Pp
 The serial communication parameters (byte-size, parity, stop-bits) are
-not settable (either at compile time or run time).  The default
-parameters are
+not settable (either at compile time or run time).
+The default parameters are
 .Dq "8 N 1" .
 .Pp
-The baud rate is not settable when using BIOS I/O.  It should be
-settable at compile time with
+The baud rate is not settable when using BIOS I/O.
+It should be settable at compile time with
 .Dv Dq CONSPEED
 just as it is when using
 .Dv Dq DIRECT_SERIAL .