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Correct -P description in boot.config(5)
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Authored by brd on Jul 13 2017, 10:10 PM.
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This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jul 13 2017, 11:15 PM
wblock added inline comments.
head/share/man/man5/boot.config.5
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Passive -> active: s/will activate/activates/

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OK from manpages after Warren's feedback was addressed.

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Aug 5 2017, 9:18 PM
head/share/man/man5/boot.config.5
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Also, -P doesn't work in UEFI.

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Also also, not all systems with BMCs provide keyboards. OCAs (at least the X9 Supermicro ones) this works.

head/share/man/man5/boot.config.5
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Why doesn't it work with UEFI?

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What do they provide instead? Serial? Nothing?

This is fine. -P on UEFI is hit or miss, and I'm not sure why.