Author: imp Date: Tue Nov 21 07:35:24 2017 New Revision: 326050 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/326050
Log: Document what the command line arguments actually do. List some of the size limitations. Sponsored by: Netflix Modified: head/usr.sbin/efidp/efidp.8 Modified: head/usr.sbin/efidp/efidp.8 ============================================================================== --- head/usr.sbin/efidp/efidp.8 Tue Nov 21 06:12:21 2017 (r326049) +++ head/usr.sbin/efidp/efidp.8 Tue Nov 21 07:35:24 2017 (r326050) @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd May 24, 2017 +.Dd November 21, 2017 .Dt EFIDP 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -36,16 +36,35 @@ .Op Fl -parse .Op Fl -format .Sh DESCRIPTION -This program manages +This program converts .Dq Unified Extensible Firmware Interface .Pq UEFI -Device Paths, as defined in the UEFI standard. +Device Paths, as defined in the UEFI standard, to and from binary form. +Binary and textual forms are defined in Chapter 9 of the UEFI +Specification. +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width 20m +.It Fl f Fl -format +Formats a binary UEFI Device Path into its canonical UTF-8 textual form. +A binary Device Path can be no longer than 8192 bytes. +The textual form must fit into 4096 bytes. +.It Fl p Fl -parse +Parses a UEFI Device Path UTF-8 specification and outputs the binary +Device Path form. +Only one device path is parsed, even if there are multiple present in +the input. +Leading white space is ignored. +The resulting binary Device Path can be no longer than 8192 bytes. +.El .Sh SEE ALSO Appendix A of the UEFI specification has the format for GUIDs. All GUIDs .Dq Globally Unique Identifiers have the format described in RFC 4122. -.El +.Pp +The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Specification is available +from +.Pa www.uefi.org . .Sh HISTORY The .Nm _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
