svn commit: r45517 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot

Jason Helfman <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.cvs.doc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Author: jgh
Date: Tue Aug 26 15:43:18 2014
New Revision: 45517
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45517

Log:
  - add information about how boot loader searches for files
  
  PR:	187613
  Submitted by:	[email protected]
  Approved by:	bcr
  Differential Review:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D660

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.xml	Tue Aug 26 15:40:16 2014	(r45516)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.xml	Tue Aug 26 15:43:18 2014	(r45517)
@@ -346,7 +346,10 @@ boot:</screen>
 		kernel name on the command-line is only applicable
 		after an <command>unload</command> has been issued.
 		Otherwise, the previously-loaded kernel will be
-		used.</entry>
+		used.  If <emphasis>kernelname</emphasis> is not
+		qualified it will be searched under
+		<emphasis>/boot/kernel</emphasis> and
+		<emphasis>/boot/modules</emphasis>.</entry>
 	    </row>
 
 	    <row>
@@ -382,7 +385,11 @@ boot:</screen>
 	      <entry>Loads the kernel, kernel module, or file of the
 		type given, with the specified filename.  Any
 		arguments after <replaceable>filename</replaceable>
-		are passed to the file.</entry>
+		are passed to the file.  If
+		<emphasis>filename</emphasis> is not qualified it
+		will be searched under
+		<emphasis>/boot/kernel</emphasis>
+		and <emphasis>/boot/modules</emphasis>.</entry>
 	    </row>
 
 	    <row>
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