Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the copyright notices on the relevant files. =================================================================== RCS file: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/share/man/man5/boot.cfg.5,v rcsdiff: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/share/man/man5/boot.cfg.5,v: warning: Unknown phrases like `commitid ...;' are present. retrieving revision 1.23 retrieving revision 1.24 diff -u -p -r1.23 -r1.24 --- src/share/man/man5/boot.cfg.5 2011/11/28 07:56:53 1.23 +++ src/share/man/man5/boot.cfg.5 2011/11/28 09:38:45 1.24 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: boot.cfg.5,v 1.23 2011/11/28 07:56:53 tls Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: boot.cfg.5,v 1.24 2011/11/28 09:38:45 wiz Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2007 Stephen Borrill .\" All rights reserved. @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd May 26, 2011 +.Dd November 28, 2011 .Dt BOOT.CFG 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -148,14 +148,19 @@ Passes a .Xr userconf 4 command to the kernel at boot time . .It Sy rndseed -Takes the path to a random-seed file as written by the -S flag to +Takes the path to a random-seed file as written by the +.Fl S +flag to .Xr rndctl 8 -as an argument. This file is used to seed the -kernel entropy pool +as an argument. +This file is used to seed the kernel entropy pool .Xr rnd 9 very early in kernel startup, so that high quality randomness is -available to all kernel modules. This argument should be supplied -before any "load" commands that may load executable modules. +available to all kernel modules. +This argument should be supplied +before any +.Dq Ic load +commands that may load executable modules. .El .Sh EXAMPLES Here is an example