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authorAdam David <adam@FreeBSD.org>1996-02-15 21:14:36 +0000
committerAdam David <adam@FreeBSD.org>1996-02-15 21:14:36 +0000
commit6f3ce68f186ec7c52af8c9ec36e3c9c659cfb452 (patch)
treec244a5176d57d5e08c9373eaeecba0401c7ec8d4
parente1f4e80c88a79061f195b21ac1a4c7e3768896c8 (diff)
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improve the comment for BOOTWAIT
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=14102
-rw-r--r--etc/defaults/make.conf9
-rw-r--r--etc/make.conf9
-rw-r--r--share/examples/etc/make.conf9
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/etc/defaults/make.conf b/etc/defaults/make.conf
index 0174a647eb20..e4f26d9a6c0a 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/make.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/make.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: make.conf,v 1.23 1995/09/30 17:20:27 ache Exp $
+# $Id: make.conf,v 1.24 1996/01/05 18:54:07 ache Exp $
#
# This file, if present, will be read by make (see /usr/share/mk/sys.mk).
# It allows you to override macro definitions to make without changing
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@
#PRINTER= ps
#
#
-# How many times to check if a key has been pressed before giving up and
-# booting the default kernel. 0 actually means check once, but saves the
-# loop overhead. This value is approximately in milliseconds.
+# How long to wait for a console keypress before booting the default kernel.
+# This value is approximately in milliseconds. Keypresses are accepted by the
+# BIOS before booting from disk, making it possible to give custom boot
+# parameters even when this is set to 0.
#
#BOOTWAIT=0
#BOOTWAIT=30000
diff --git a/etc/make.conf b/etc/make.conf
index 0174a647eb20..e4f26d9a6c0a 100644
--- a/etc/make.conf
+++ b/etc/make.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: make.conf,v 1.23 1995/09/30 17:20:27 ache Exp $
+# $Id: make.conf,v 1.24 1996/01/05 18:54:07 ache Exp $
#
# This file, if present, will be read by make (see /usr/share/mk/sys.mk).
# It allows you to override macro definitions to make without changing
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@
#PRINTER= ps
#
#
-# How many times to check if a key has been pressed before giving up and
-# booting the default kernel. 0 actually means check once, but saves the
-# loop overhead. This value is approximately in milliseconds.
+# How long to wait for a console keypress before booting the default kernel.
+# This value is approximately in milliseconds. Keypresses are accepted by the
+# BIOS before booting from disk, making it possible to give custom boot
+# parameters even when this is set to 0.
#
#BOOTWAIT=0
#BOOTWAIT=30000
diff --git a/share/examples/etc/make.conf b/share/examples/etc/make.conf
index 0174a647eb20..e4f26d9a6c0a 100644
--- a/share/examples/etc/make.conf
+++ b/share/examples/etc/make.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: make.conf,v 1.23 1995/09/30 17:20:27 ache Exp $
+# $Id: make.conf,v 1.24 1996/01/05 18:54:07 ache Exp $
#
# This file, if present, will be read by make (see /usr/share/mk/sys.mk).
# It allows you to override macro definitions to make without changing
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@
#PRINTER= ps
#
#
-# How many times to check if a key has been pressed before giving up and
-# booting the default kernel. 0 actually means check once, but saves the
-# loop overhead. This value is approximately in milliseconds.
+# How long to wait for a console keypress before booting the default kernel.
+# This value is approximately in milliseconds. Keypresses are accepted by the
+# BIOS before booting from disk, making it possible to give custom boot
+# parameters even when this is set to 0.
#
#BOOTWAIT=0
#BOOTWAIT=30000