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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 process files listed in the
68.Ev loader_conf_files
69variable. Additionnaly, the top-level call to readConf will process files listed in the
70.Ev loader_conf_dirs
71and
72.Ev local_loader_conf_files
73variables
74.Po see
75.Xr loader.conf 5
76.Pc .
77The caller may optionally pass in a table as the
78.Ev loaded_files
79argument, which uses filenames as keys and any non-nil value to
80indicate that the file named by the key has already been loaded and
81should not be loaded again.
82.It Fn config.processFile name silent
83Process and parse
84.Ev name
85as a configuration file.
86Returns true if
87.Ev name
88exists and parses without error, false otherwise.
89If
90.Ev silent
91is true,
92.Fn config.processFile
93will not consider a failure to read the file as a failure.
94.It Fn config.parse text
95Parse
96.Ev text
97as a configuration file.
98This is used internally by
99.Fn config.processFile
100to parse the contents of a configuration file.
101Returns true if parsing succeeds without error, false if an error occurred.
102A message is also printed to the console if an error is encountered.
103.It Fn config.loadKernel other_kernel
104Attempts to load
105.Ev other_kernel
106as a kernel.
107If
108.Ev other_kernel
109is unset
110.Fn config.loadKernel
111will attempt to load
112.Dq kernel .
113Otherwise, it will try to load
114.Dq kernel
115first from
116.Pa /boot/{other_kernel} ,
117then from
118.Pa {other_kernel} .
119.Pp
120The latter is tried in case an absolute path has been specified to the kernel
121to use.
122.Ev module_path
123is amended to include the directory the kernel was found in if either of these
124paths result in a loaded kernel.
125.Pp
126If no kernel was loaded from either of these paths,
127.Fn config.loadKernel
128will attempt to load a kernel named
129.Dq {other_kernel}
130from
131.Ev module_path
132instead of attempting to load a kernel named
133.Dq kernel .
134.Pp
135Returns true if a kernel was loaded, false if no kernel was loaded.
136.It Fn config.selectKernel kernel
137Set
138.Ev kernel
139to the kernel that will be loaded when either
140.Ic autoboot
141or
142.Ic boot
143are invoked.
144This is usually called by the menu system as the kernel selector carousel is
145toggled through.
146.It Fn config.load file reload
147Loads
148.Ev file
149as a configuration file.
150If
151.Ev file
152is not specified,
153.Pa /boot/defaults/loader.conf
154is used.
155.Fn config.load
156will then silently attempt to process any files specified in
157.Ev loader_conf_files
158after
159.Ev file
160has been processed.
161.Xr nextboot 8
162configuration will also be checked as part of
163.Fn config.load .
164Before returning, all
165.Dq config.loaded
166hooks will be run if
167.Ev reload
168is not set to true.
169.It Fn config.reload file
170Reloads
171.Ev file
172as a configuration file.
173.Fn config.reload
174will restore the environment to how it existed before the last config was
175loaded, then it will invoke
176.Fn config.load file .
177Before returning, all
178.Dq config.reloaded
179hooks will be run.
180.It Fn config.loadelf
181Loads all ELF objects, the selected kernel as well as any modules configured to
182be preloaded in
183.Xr loader.conf 5 .
184This will be called by the Lua intercepted
185.Ic autoboot
186and
187.Ic boot
188commands.
189.It Fn config.enableModule modname
190Marks a module named
191.Fa modname
192to be loaded during
193.Fn config.loadelf .
194If the module was previously blacklisted, then it will be forcefully allowed to
195load.
196.It Fn config.disableModule modname
197Marks a module named
198.Fa modname
199to not be loaded during
200.Fn config.loadelf .
201.It Fn config.isModuleEnabled modname
202Checks if the module named
203.Fa modname
204will be loaded during
205.Fn config.loadelf .
206It checks both that the module is marked for loading and that it is either
207forced or not blacklisted.
208.It Fn config.getModuleInfo
209Returns a table with
210.Dq modules
211and
212.Dq blacklist
213tables describing the modules that the config module has been made aware of via
214.Xr loader.conf 5
215as well as a representation of
216.Ar module_blacklist .
217.El
218.Ss Defined Hooks
219The following hooks are defined in
220.Nm :
221.Bl -tag -width "config.reloaded" -offset indent
222.It Fn config.buildenv env
223.It Fn config.loaded
224.It Fn config.reloaded
225.It Fn kernel.loaded
226.It Fn modules.loaded
227.El
228.Pp
229Note that the
230.Fn config.buildenv
231hook is only invoked when an environment needs to be built to execute a lua
232configuration file that has been specified in
233.Ev loader_conf_files .
234It will be invoked for each configuration file encountered.
235.Sh SEE ALSO
236.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
237.Xr loader 8 ,
238.Xr menu.lua 8 ,
239.Xr nextboot 8
240.Sh AUTHORS
241The
242.Nm
243file was originally written by
244.An Pedro Souza Aq Mt pedrosouza@FreeBSD.org .
245Later work and this manual page was done by
246.An Kyle Evans Aq Mt kevans@FreeBSD.org .
247