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nvmutil page: remove errant pre-osboot-merge info

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Leah Rowe 2022-11-18 20:26:16 +00:00
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@ -248,6 +248,9 @@ GCC and LLVM have all these things included, so use whichever one
you want. you want.
As of nvmutil 20220808, OpenBSD `pledge(2)` is used in the code. As of nvmutil 20220808, OpenBSD `pledge(2)` is used in the code.
If the code is compiled on OpenBSD,
[pledge(2)](https://man.openbsd.org/pledge.2) is used.
This is done with an `ifdef` rule, so that the code still compiles This is done with an `ifdef` rule, so that the code still compiles
on other systems. When the `dump` command is specified, pledge on other systems. When the `dump` command is specified, pledge
will use these promises: `stdio rpath`. When any other command will use these promises: `stdio rpath`. When any other command
@ -323,10 +326,7 @@ part if the existing checksum is correct. It will exit with zero
status if at least one part is modified; otherwise, it will status if at least one part is modified; otherwise, it will
exit with non-zero status. exit with non-zero status.
On release 20220808 and below, validation merely The following rules are enforced in code:
checks whether `xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx` is given, where each
nibble is a hexademical number. On release 20220810 and above,
the following additional rules are *also enforced*:
* User cannot specify multicast addresses * User cannot specify multicast addresses
* User cannot specify `00:00:00:00:00:00` * User cannot specify `00:00:00:00:00:00`
@ -367,9 +367,7 @@ You can also pass it without a MAC address:
nvm gbe.bin setmac nvm gbe.bin setmac
If you only type `setmac` without specifying a MAC address, If you only type `setmac` without specifying a MAC address,
it will do the same thing as `setmac ??:??:??:??:??:??`. This it will do the same thing as `setmac ??:??:??:??:??:??`.
behaviour is not present in 20220808, but is available in
release 20220810 and above.
This will set the last three bytes randomly, while the This will set the last three bytes randomly, while the
MAC address would begin with `00:1f:16`. MAC address would begin with `00:1f:16`.