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26.Dd June 19, 2020
27.Dt NVRAM 8 powerpc
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm nvram
31.Nd "display or modify contents of the EEPROM or NVRAM"
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33.Nm
34.Fl p
35.Nm
36.Oo Fl d Ar name Oc Ar ...
37.Op Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value ...
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm
41utility provides an interface for displaying and changing the system's
42configuration variables contained in EEPROM or NVRAM.
43In the first synopsis form, all available configuration variables and their
44current values are printed.
45In the second form, the variable selected by
46.Ar name
47is either removed or its value is changed to the
48.Ar value
49following by
50.Ql =
51sign.
52.Pp
53The following options are available:
54.Bl -tag -width indent
55.It Fl d Ar name
56Delete the variable selected by
57.Ar name
58from the EEPROM or NVRAM.
59The
60.Fl d
61flag can be specified multiple times, in which case multiple variables
62will be removed.
63.It Fl p
64Print all available configuration variables and their current values.
65.El
66.Sh EXAMPLES
67Print all available configuration variables and their current values:
68.Pp
69.Dl "nvram -p"
70.Pp
71Remove the variable named
72.Va local-mac-address? :
73.Pp
74.Dl "nvram -d local-mac-address\e?"
75.Pp
76Set the value of the
77.Va local-mac-address?
78variable to
79.Dq Li true :
80.Pp
81.Dl "nvram local-mac-address\e?=true"
82.Pp
83Note that the
84.Ql \e
85in the above examples is used to keep the shell from interpreting the
86.Ql \&? .
87.Pp
88Remove variables named
89.Va foo
90and
91.Va bar
92and set variable named
93.Va baz
94to
95.Dq Li 100 :
96.Pp
97.Dl "nvram -d foo -d bar baz=100"
98.Sh SEE ALSO
99.Xr powermac_nvram 4
100.Sh HISTORY
101The
102.Nm
103utility first appeared in
104.Fx 7.0 .
105It is inspired by the
106Darwin/Mac OS X
107.Nm
108utility.
109.Sh AUTHORS
110.An Maxim Sobolev Aq Mt sobomax@FreeBSD.org
111