1b6955dfdSWarner Losh# This is loader.conf - a file full of useful variables that you can 2b6955dfdSWarner Losh# set to change the default load behavior of your system. You should 3b6955dfdSWarner Losh# not edit this file! Put any overrides into one of the 4b6955dfdSWarner Losh# loader_conf_files instead and you will be able to update these 5b6955dfdSWarner Losh# defaults later without spamming your local configuration information. 6b6955dfdSWarner Losh# 7b6955dfdSWarner Losh# All arguments must be in double quotes. 8b6955dfdSWarner Losh# 9b6955dfdSWarner Losh 10b6955dfdSWarner Losh### Basic configuration options ############################ 11b6955dfdSWarner Loshexec="echo Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf" 12b6955dfdSWarner Losh 13b6955dfdSWarner Loshkernel="kernel" # /boot sub-directory containing kernel and modules 14b6955dfdSWarner Loshbootfile="kernel" # Kernel name (possibly absolute path) 15b6955dfdSWarner Loshkernel_options="" # Flags to be passed to the kernel 16c475e61fSStéphane Rochoyloader_conf_files="/boot/device.hints /boot/loader.conf" 1772cf7db3SKyle Evansloader_conf_dirs="/boot/loader.conf.d" 18c475e61fSStéphane Rochoylocal_loader_conf_files="/boot/loader.conf.local" 19b6955dfdSWarner Loshnextboot_conf="/boot/nextboot.conf" 20b6955dfdSWarner Loshverbose_loading="NO" # Set to YES for verbose loader output 21b6955dfdSWarner Losh 22b6955dfdSWarner Losh### Splash screen configuration ############################ 23b6955dfdSWarner Loshsplash_bmp_load="NO" # Set this to YES for bmp splash screen! 24b6955dfdSWarner Loshsplash_pcx_load="NO" # Set this to YES for pcx splash screen! 25b6955dfdSWarner Loshsplash_txt_load="NO" # Set this to YES for TheDraw splash screen! 26b6955dfdSWarner Loshvesa_load="NO" # Set this to YES to load the vesa module 27b6955dfdSWarner Loshbitmap_load="NO" # Set this to YES if you want splash screen! 28b6955dfdSWarner Loshbitmap_name="splash.bmp" # Set this to the name of the file 29b6955dfdSWarner Loshbitmap_type="splash_image_data" # and place it on the module_path 30b6955dfdSWarner Losh 313929cadbSWarner Losh### Screen saver modules ################################### 323929cadbSWarner Losh# This is best done in rc.conf 333929cadbSWarner Loshscreensave_load="NO" # Set to YES to load a screensaver module 343929cadbSWarner Loshscreensave_name="green_saver" # Set to the name of the screensaver module 35b6955dfdSWarner Losh 36c3188289SKyle Evans### Early hostid configuration ############################ 37c3188289SKyle Evanshostuuid_load="YES" 38c3188289SKyle Evanshostuuid_name="/etc/hostid" 39c3188289SKyle Evanshostuuid_type="hostuuid" 40c3188289SKyle Evans 41b6955dfdSWarner Losh### Random number generator configuration ################## 42b6955dfdSWarner Losh# See rc.conf(5). The entropy_boot_file config variable must agree with the 43b6955dfdSWarner Losh# settings below. 44b6955dfdSWarner Loshentropy_cache_load="YES" # Set this to NO to disable loading 455c73b3e0SColin Percival # cached entropy at boot time 46b6955dfdSWarner Loshentropy_cache_name="/boot/entropy" # Set this to the name of the file 47b6955dfdSWarner Loshentropy_cache_type="boot_entropy_cache" # Required for the kernel to find 48b6955dfdSWarner Losh # the boot-time entropy cache. This 49b6955dfdSWarner Losh # must not change value even if the 50b6955dfdSWarner Losh # _name above does change! 515c73b3e0SColin Percivalentropy_efi_seed="YES" # Set this to NO to disable loading 52*f4a69a93SColin Percival # entropy from the UEFI hardware 53*f4a69a93SColin Percival # random number generator API 54*f4a69a93SColin Percivalentropy_efi_seed_size="2048" # Set this to a different value to 55*f4a69a93SColin Percival # change the amount of entropy 56*f4a69a93SColin Percival # requested from EFI 57b6955dfdSWarner Losh 5871dcf98dSWarner Losh### RAM Blacklist configuration ############################ 5971dcf98dSWarner Loshram_blacklist_load="NO" # Set this to YES to load a file 60b6955dfdSWarner Losh # containing a list of addresses to 61b6955dfdSWarner Losh # exclude from the running system. 6271dcf98dSWarner Loshram_blacklist_name="/boot/blacklist.txt" # Set this to the name of the file 6371dcf98dSWarner Loshram_blacklist_type="ram_blacklist" # Required for the kernel to find 64b6955dfdSWarner Losh # the blacklist module 65b6955dfdSWarner Losh 6640dfdf43SMark Johnston### Microcode loading configuration ######################## 6740dfdf43SMark Johnstoncpu_microcode_load="NO" # Set this to YES to load and apply a 6840dfdf43SMark Johnston # microcode update file during boot. 6940dfdf43SMark Johnstoncpu_microcode_name="/boot/firmware/ucode.bin" # Set this to the microcode 7040dfdf43SMark Johnston # update file path. 7140dfdf43SMark Johnstoncpu_microcode_type="cpu_microcode" # Required for the kernel to find 7240dfdf43SMark Johnston # the microcode update file. 7340dfdf43SMark Johnston 743929cadbSWarner Losh### ACPI settings ########################################## 753929cadbSWarner Loshacpi_dsdt_load="NO" # DSDT Overriding 763929cadbSWarner Loshacpi_dsdt_type="acpi_dsdt" # Don't change this 773929cadbSWarner Loshacpi_dsdt_name="/boot/acpi_dsdt.aml" 783929cadbSWarner Losh # Override DSDT in BIOS by this file 793929cadbSWarner Loshacpi_video_load="NO" # Load the ACPI video extension driver 80b6955dfdSWarner Losh 81deea362cSRobert Watson### Audit settings ######################################### 82deea362cSRobert Watsonaudit_event_load="NO" # Preload audit_event config 83deea362cSRobert Watsonaudit_event_name="/etc/security/audit_event" 84deea362cSRobert Watsonaudit_event_type="etc_security_audit_event" 85deea362cSRobert Watson 86b6955dfdSWarner Losh### Initial memory disk settings ########################### 87b6955dfdSWarner Losh#mdroot_load="YES" # The "mdroot" prefix is arbitrary. 88b6955dfdSWarner Losh#mdroot_type="md_image" # Create md(4) disk at boot. 89b6955dfdSWarner Losh#mdroot_name="/boot/root.img" # Path to a file containing the image. 90b6955dfdSWarner Losh#rootdev="ufs:/dev/md0" # Set the root filesystem to md(4) device. 91b6955dfdSWarner Losh 92b6955dfdSWarner Losh### Loader settings ######################################## 93b6955dfdSWarner Losh#loader_delay="3" # Delay in seconds before loading anything. 94b6955dfdSWarner Losh # Default is unset and disabled (no delay). 95b6955dfdSWarner Losh#autoboot_delay="10" # Delay in seconds before autobooting, 9696378b08SJohn Baldwin # -1 for no user interrupts, NO to disable 97b6955dfdSWarner Losh#password="" # Prevent changes to boot options 98b6955dfdSWarner Losh#bootlock_password="" # Prevent booting (see check-password.4th(8)) 99b6955dfdSWarner Losh#geom_eli_passphrase_prompt="NO" # Prompt for geli(8) passphrase to mount root 100b6955dfdSWarner Loshbootenv_autolist="YES" # Auto populate the list of ZFS Boot Environments 101b6955dfdSWarner Losh#beastie_disable="NO" # Turn the beastie boot menu on and off 102643dc495SKyle Evansefi_max_resolution="1x1" # Set the max resolution for EFI loader to use: 1037edbf69bSDag-Erling Smørgrav # 480p, 720p, 1080p, 1440p, 2160p/4k, 5k, or 10405e8899dSKyle Evans # WidthxHeight (e.g. 1920x1080) 105b6955dfdSWarner Losh#kernels="kernel kernel.old" # Kernels to display in the boot menu 106e0a28d24SKyle Evanskernels_autodetect="YES" # Auto-detect kernel directories in /boot 107b6955dfdSWarner Losh#loader_logo="orbbw" # Desired logo: orbbw, orb, fbsdbw, beastiebw, beastie, none 1084722ceb7SEd Maste#comconsole_speed="115200" # Set the current serial console speed 109b6955dfdSWarner Losh#console="vidconsole" # A comma separated list of console(s) 110b6955dfdSWarner Losh#currdev="disk1s1a" # Set the current device 111d5a390e6SKyle Evansmodule_path="/boot/modules;/boot/dtb;/boot/dtb/overlays" # Set the module search path 112532dc172SKyle Evansmodule_blacklist="drm drm2 radeonkms i915kms amdgpu" # Loader module blacklist 113b6955dfdSWarner Losh#prompt="\\${interpret}" # Set the command prompt 114b6955dfdSWarner Losh#root_disk_unit="0" # Force the root disk unit number 115b6955dfdSWarner Losh#rootdev="disk1s1a" # Set the root filesystem 116b6955dfdSWarner Losh#dumpdev="disk1s1b" # Set a dump device early in the boot process 117b6955dfdSWarner Losh#tftp.blksize="1428" # Set the RFC 2348 TFTP block size. 118b6955dfdSWarner Losh # If the TFTP server does not support RFC 2348, 1193929cadbSWarner Losh # the block size is set to 512. Valid: (8,9007) 12074578402SColin Percival#twiddle_divisor="16" # >16 slows down the progress indicator; 12174578402SColin Percival # <16 speeds up the progress indicator. 122b6955dfdSWarner Losh 123b6955dfdSWarner Losh### Kernel settings ######################################## 124b6955dfdSWarner Losh# The following boot_ variables are enabled by setting them to any value. 125b6955dfdSWarner Losh# Their presence in the kernel environment (see kenv(1)) has the same 126b6955dfdSWarner Losh# effect as setting the given boot flag (see boot(8)). 127b6955dfdSWarner Losh#boot_askname="" # -a: Prompt the user for the name of the root device 128b6955dfdSWarner Losh#boot_cdrom="" # -C: Attempt to mount root file system from CD-ROM 129b6955dfdSWarner Losh#boot_ddb="" # -d: Instructs the kernel to start in the DDB debugger 130b6955dfdSWarner Losh#boot_dfltroot="" # -r: Use the statically configured root file system 131b6955dfdSWarner Losh#boot_gdb="" # -g: Selects gdb-remote mode for the kernel debugger 132b6955dfdSWarner Losh#boot_multicons="" # -D: Use multiple consoles 133b6955dfdSWarner Losh#boot_mute="" # -m: Mute the console 134b6955dfdSWarner Losh#boot_pause="" # -p: Pause after each line during device probing 135b6955dfdSWarner Losh#boot_serial="" # -h: Use serial console 136b6955dfdSWarner Losh#boot_single="" # -s: Start system in single-user mode 137b6955dfdSWarner Losh#boot_verbose="" # -v: Causes extra debugging information to be printed 138b6955dfdSWarner Losh#init_path="/sbin/init:/sbin/oinit:/sbin/init.bak:/rescue/init" 139b6955dfdSWarner Losh # Sets the list of init candidates 140b6955dfdSWarner Losh#init_shell="/bin/sh" # The shell binary used by init(8). 141b6955dfdSWarner Losh#init_script="" # Initial script to run by init(8) before chrooting. 142b6955dfdSWarner Losh#init_chroot="" # Directory for init(8) to chroot into. 143b6955dfdSWarner Losh 144b6955dfdSWarner Losh### Kernel tunables ######################################## 145b6955dfdSWarner Losh#hw.physmem="1G" # Limit physical memory. See loader(8) 146b6955dfdSWarner Losh#kern.dfldsiz="" # Set the initial data size limit 147b6955dfdSWarner Losh#kern.dflssiz="" # Set the initial stack size limit 148b6955dfdSWarner Losh#kern.hz="100" # Set the kernel interval timer rate 149b6955dfdSWarner Losh#kern.maxbcache="" # Set the max buffer cache KVA storage 150b6955dfdSWarner Losh#kern.maxdsiz="" # Set the max data size 151b6955dfdSWarner Losh#kern.maxfiles="" # Set the sys. wide open files limit 152b6955dfdSWarner Losh#kern.maxproc="" # Set the maximum # of processes 153b6955dfdSWarner Losh#kern.maxssiz="" # Set the max stack size 154b6955dfdSWarner Losh#kern.maxswzone="" # Set the max swmeta KVA storage 155b6955dfdSWarner Losh#kern.maxtsiz="" # Set the max text size 156b6955dfdSWarner Losh#kern.maxusers="32" # Set size of various static tables 157b6955dfdSWarner Losh#kern.msgbufsize="65536" # Set size of kernel message buffer 158b6955dfdSWarner Losh#kern.nbuf="" # Set the number of buffer headers 159b6955dfdSWarner Losh#kern.ncallout="" # Set the maximum # of timer events 160b6955dfdSWarner Losh#kern.ngroups="1023" # Set the maximum # of supplemental groups 161b6955dfdSWarner Losh#kern.sgrowsiz="" # Set the amount to grow stack 162b6955dfdSWarner Losh#kern.cam.boot_delay="10000" # Delay (in ms) of root mount for CAM bus 163b6955dfdSWarner Losh # registration, useful for USB sticks as root 164b6955dfdSWarner Losh#kern.cam.scsi_delay="2000" # Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI 165b6955dfdSWarner Losh#kern.ipc.maxsockets="" # Set the maximum number of sockets available 166b6955dfdSWarner Losh#kern.ipc.nmbclusters="" # Set the number of mbuf clusters 167b6955dfdSWarner Losh#kern.ipc.nsfbufs="" # Set the number of sendfile(2) bufs 168b6955dfdSWarner Losh#net.inet.tcp.tcbhashsize="" # Set the value of TCBHASHSIZE 1693929cadbSWarner Losh#vfs.root.mountfrom="" # Specify root partition 170b6955dfdSWarner Losh#vm.kmem_size="" # Sets the size of kernel memory (bytes) 171b6955dfdSWarner Losh#debug.kdb.break_to_debugger="0" # Allow console to break into debugger. 172b6955dfdSWarner Losh#debug.ktr.cpumask="0xf" # Bitmask of CPUs to enable KTR on 173b6955dfdSWarner Losh#debug.ktr.mask="0x1200" # Bitmask of KTR events to enable 174b6955dfdSWarner Losh#debug.ktr.verbose="1" # Enable console dump of KTR events 175b6955dfdSWarner Losh 176b6955dfdSWarner Losh### Module loading syntax example ########################## 177b6955dfdSWarner Losh#module_load="YES" # loads module "module" 178b6955dfdSWarner Losh#module_name="realname" # uses "realname" instead of "module" 179b6955dfdSWarner Losh#module_type="type" # passes "-t type" to load 180b6955dfdSWarner Losh#module_flags="flags" # passes "flags" to the module 181b6955dfdSWarner Losh#module_before="cmd" # executes "cmd" before loading the module 182b6955dfdSWarner Losh#module_after="cmd" # executes "cmd" after loading the module 183b6955dfdSWarner Losh#module_error="cmd" # executes "cmd" if load fails 184