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29.Dd April 30, 2020
30.Dt CONFIG.LUA 8
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm config.lua
34.Nd FreeBSD config module
35.Sh DESCRIPTION
36.Nm
37contains configuration and module loading functionality.
38.Pp
39Before hooking into or using the functionality provided by
40.Nm ,
41it must be included with a statement such as the following:
42.Pp
43.Dl local config = require("config")
44.Ss Exported functions
45The following functions are exported from
46.Nm :
47.Bl -tag -width "config.setCarouselIndex(id, idx)" -offset indent
48.It Fn config.getCarouselIndex id
49Returns the currently chosen index in the carousel menu entry described by
50.Ev id .
51See the definition of
52.Xr menu.lua 8
53for a more in-depth explanation of carousels.
54.It Fn config.setCarouselIndex id idx
55Set the chosen index for the carousel menu entry described by
56.Ev id
57to
58.Ev idx .
59A lookup will be done as needed to determine what value
60.Ev idx
61actually corresponds to.
62.It Fn config.readConf file loaded_files
63Process
64.Pa file
65as a configuration file
66.Po e.g., as
67.Pa loader.conf
68.Pc
69and then processing files listed in
70.Ev loader_conf_files
71variable
72.Po see
73.Xr loader.conf 5
74.Pc .
75The caller may optionally pass in a table as the
76.Ev loaded_files
77argument, which uses filenames as keys and any non-nil value to
78indicate that the file named by the key has already been loaded and
79should not be loaded again.
80.It Fn config.processFile name silent
81Process and parse
82.Ev name
83as a configuration file.
84Returns true if
85.Ev name
86exists and parses without error, false otherwise.
87If
88.Ev silent
89is true,
90.Fn config.processFile
91will not consider a failure to read the file as a failure.
92.It Fn config.parse text
93Parse
94.Ev text
95as a configuration file.
96This is used internally by
97.Fn config.processFile
98to parse the contents of a configuration file.
99Returns true if parsing succeeds without error, false if an error occurred.
100A message is also printed to the console if an error is encountered.
101.It Fn config.loadKernel other_kernel
102Attempts to load
103.Ev other_kernel
104as a kernel.
105If
106.Ev other_kernel
107is unset
108.Fn config.loadKernel
109will attempt to load
110.Dq kernel .
111Otherwise, it will try to load
112.Dq kernel
113first from
114.Pa /boot/{other_kernel} ,
115then from
116.Pa {other_kernel} .
117.Pp
118The latter is tried in case an absolute path has been specified to the kernel
119to use.
120.Ev module_path
121is amended to include the directory the kernel was found in if either of these
122paths result in a loaded kernel.
123.Pp
124If no kernel was loaded from either of these paths,
125.Fn config.loadKernel
126will attempt to load a kernel named
127.Dq {other_kernel}
128from
129.Ev module_path
130instead of attempting to load a kernel named
131.Dq kernel .
132.Pp
133Returns true if a kernel was loaded, false if no kernel was loaded.
134.It Fn config.selectKernel kernel
135Set
136.Ev kernel
137to the kernel that will be loaded when either
138.Ic autoboot
139or
140.Ic boot
141are invoked.
142This is usually called by the menu system as the kernel selector carousel is
143toggled through.
144.It Fn config.load file reload
145Loads
146.Ev file
147as a configuration file.
148If
149.Ev file
150is not specified,
151.Pa /boot/defaults/loader.conf
152is used.
153.Fn config.load
154will then silently attempt to process any files specified in
155.Ev loader_conf_files
156after
157.Ev file
158has been processed.
159.Xr nextboot 8
160configuration will also be checked as part of
161.Fn config.load .
162Before returning, all
163.Dq config.loaded
164hooks will be run if
165.Ev reload
166is not set to true.
167.It Fn config.reload file
168Reloads
169.Ev file
170as a configuration file.
171.Fn config.reload
172will restore the environment to how it existed before the last config was
173loaded, then it will invoke
174.Fn config.load file .
175Before returning, all
176.Dq config.reloaded
177hooks will be run.
178.It Fn config.loadelf
179Loads all ELF objects, the selected kernel as well as any modules configured to
180be preloaded in
181.Xr loader.conf 5 .
182This will be called by the Lua intercepted
183.Ic autoboot
184and
185.Ic boot
186commands.
187.El
188.Ss Defined Hooks
189The following hooks are defined in
190.Nm :
191.Bl -tag -width "config.reloaded" -offset indent
192.It Fn config.loaded
193.It Fn config.reloaded
194.It Fn kernel.loaded
195.It Fn modules.loaded
196.El
197.Sh SEE ALSO
198.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
199.Xr loader 8 ,
200.Xr menu.lua 8 ,
201.Xr nextboot 8
202.Sh AUTHORS
203The
204.Nm
205file was originally written by
206.An Pedro Souza Aq Mt pedrosouza@FreeBSD.org .
207Later work and this manual page was done by
208.An Kyle Evans Aq Mt kevans@FreeBSD.org .
209