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27.Dd December 17, 2020
28.Dt CONFIG.LUA 8
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm config.lua
32.Nd FreeBSD config module
33.Sh DESCRIPTION
34.Nm
35contains configuration and module loading functionality.
36.Pp
37Before hooking into or using the functionality provided by
38.Nm ,
39it must be included with a statement such as the following:
40.Pp
41.Dl local config = require("config")
42.Ss Exported functions
43The following functions are exported from
44.Nm :
45.Bl -tag -width "config.setCarouselIndex(id, idx)" -offset indent
46.It Fn config.getCarouselIndex id
47Returns the currently chosen index in the carousel menu entry described by
48.Ev id .
49See the definition of
50.Xr menu.lua 8
51for a more in-depth explanation of carousels.
52.It Fn config.setCarouselIndex id idx
53Set the chosen index for the carousel menu entry described by
54.Ev id
55to
56.Ev idx .
57A lookup will be done as needed to determine what value
58.Ev idx
59actually corresponds to.
60.It Fn config.readConf file loaded_files
61Process
62.Pa file
63as a configuration file
64.Po e.g., as
65.Pa loader.conf
66.Pc
67and then processing files listed in
68.Ev loader_conf_files
69variable
70.Po see
71.Xr loader.conf 5
72.Pc .
73The caller may optionally pass in a table as the
74.Ev loaded_files
75argument, which uses filenames as keys and any non-nil value to
76indicate that the file named by the key has already been loaded and
77should not be loaded again.
78.It Fn config.processFile name silent
79Process and parse
80.Ev name
81as a configuration file.
82Returns true if
83.Ev name
84exists and parses without error, false otherwise.
85If
86.Ev silent
87is true,
88.Fn config.processFile
89will not consider a failure to read the file as a failure.
90.It Fn config.parse text
91Parse
92.Ev text
93as a configuration file.
94This is used internally by
95.Fn config.processFile
96to parse the contents of a configuration file.
97Returns true if parsing succeeds without error, false if an error occurred.
98A message is also printed to the console if an error is encountered.
99.It Fn config.loadKernel other_kernel
100Attempts to load
101.Ev other_kernel
102as a kernel.
103If
104.Ev other_kernel
105is unset
106.Fn config.loadKernel
107will attempt to load
108.Dq kernel .
109Otherwise, it will try to load
110.Dq kernel
111first from
112.Pa /boot/{other_kernel} ,
113then from
114.Pa {other_kernel} .
115.Pp
116The latter is tried in case an absolute path has been specified to the kernel
117to use.
118.Ev module_path
119is amended to include the directory the kernel was found in if either of these
120paths result in a loaded kernel.
121.Pp
122If no kernel was loaded from either of these paths,
123.Fn config.loadKernel
124will attempt to load a kernel named
125.Dq {other_kernel}
126from
127.Ev module_path
128instead of attempting to load a kernel named
129.Dq kernel .
130.Pp
131Returns true if a kernel was loaded, false if no kernel was loaded.
132.It Fn config.selectKernel kernel
133Set
134.Ev kernel
135to the kernel that will be loaded when either
136.Ic autoboot
137or
138.Ic boot
139are invoked.
140This is usually called by the menu system as the kernel selector carousel is
141toggled through.
142.It Fn config.load file reload
143Loads
144.Ev file
145as a configuration file.
146If
147.Ev file
148is not specified,
149.Pa /boot/defaults/loader.conf
150is used.
151.Fn config.load
152will then silently attempt to process any files specified in
153.Ev loader_conf_files
154after
155.Ev file
156has been processed.
157.Xr nextboot 8
158configuration will also be checked as part of
159.Fn config.load .
160Before returning, all
161.Dq config.loaded
162hooks will be run if
163.Ev reload
164is not set to true.
165.It Fn config.reload file
166Reloads
167.Ev file
168as a configuration file.
169.Fn config.reload
170will restore the environment to how it existed before the last config was
171loaded, then it will invoke
172.Fn config.load file .
173Before returning, all
174.Dq config.reloaded
175hooks will be run.
176.It Fn config.loadelf
177Loads all ELF objects, the selected kernel as well as any modules configured to
178be preloaded in
179.Xr loader.conf 5 .
180This will be called by the Lua intercepted
181.Ic autoboot
182and
183.Ic boot
184commands.
185.It Fn config.enableModule modname
186Marks a module named
187.Fa modname
188to be loaded during
189.Fn config.loadelf .
190If the module was previously blacklisted, then it will be forcefully allowed to
191load.
192.It Fn config.disableModule modname
193Marks a module named
194.Fa modname
195to not be loaded during
196.Fn config.loadelf .
197.It Fn config.isModuleEnabled modname
198Checks if the module named
199.Fa modname
200will be loaded during
201.Fn config.loadelf .
202It checks both that the module is marked for loading and that it is either
203forced or not blacklisted.
204.It Fn config.getModuleInfo
205Returns a table with
206.Dq modules
207and
208.Dq blacklist
209tables describing the modules that the config module has been made aware of via
210.Xr loader.conf 5
211as well as a representation of
212.Ar module_blacklist .
213.El
214.Ss Defined Hooks
215The following hooks are defined in
216.Nm :
217.Bl -tag -width "config.reloaded" -offset indent
218.It Fn config.buildenv env
219.It Fn config.loaded
220.It Fn config.reloaded
221.It Fn kernel.loaded
222.It Fn modules.loaded
223.El
224.Pp
225Note that the
226.Fn config.buildenv
227hook is only invoked when an environment needs to be built to execute a lua
228configuration file that has been specified in
229.Ev loader_conf_files .
230It will be invoked for each configuration file encountered.
231.Sh SEE ALSO
232.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
233.Xr loader 8 ,
234.Xr menu.lua 8 ,
235.Xr nextboot 8
236.Sh AUTHORS
237The
238.Nm
239file was originally written by
240.An Pedro Souza Aq Mt pedrosouza@FreeBSD.org .
241Later work and this manual page was done by
242.An Kyle Evans Aq Mt kevans@FreeBSD.org .
243