[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man8/man8.i386 Document the vesa command.

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

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/34f918bf7777
branches:  trunk
changeset: 747086:34f918bf7777
user:      ahoka <ahoka%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Tue Sep 01 21:30:17 2009 +0000

description:
Document the vesa command.

diffstat:

 share/man/man8/man8.i386/boot.8 |  18 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diffs (39 lines):

diff -r 4f0b81c7a8f6 -r 34f918bf7777 share/man/man8/man8.i386/boot.8
--- a/share/man/man8/man8.i386/boot.8   Tue Sep 01 19:46:56 2009 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man8/man8.i386/boot.8   Tue Sep 01 21:30:17 2009 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.50 2009/05/18 12:26:15 wiz Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.51 2009/09/01 21:30:17 ahoka Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)boot_i386.8        8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
 .\"
-.Dd October 30, 2008
+.Dd September 1, 2009
 .Dt BOOT 8 i386
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -350,6 +350,20 @@
 .Sx Console Selection Policy
 in
 .Xr boot_console 8 .
+.It Ic vesa Va modenum | on | off | enabled | disabled | list
+Initialise the video card to the specified resolution and bit depth.
+The
+.Va modenum
+should be in the form of
+.Ar 0x100 , 800x600 , 800x600x32 .
+The values
+.Ar enabled , on
+put the display into the default mode, and
+.Ar disabled , off
+returns the display into standard vga mode.
+The value
+.Ar list
+lists all supported modes.
 .It Ic dev Op Va device
 Set the default drive and partition for subsequent filesystem
 operations.