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28.Dd June 19, 2020
29.Dt NVRAM 8 powerpc
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm nvram
33.Nd "display or modify contents of the EEPROM or NVRAM"
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Nm
36.Fl p
37.Nm
38.Oo Fl d Ar name Oc Ar ...
39.Op Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value ...
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Nm
43utility provides an interface for displaying and changing the system's
44configuration variables contained in EEPROM or NVRAM.
45In the first synopsis form, all available configuration variables and their
46current values are printed.
47In the second form, the variable selected by
48.Ar name
49is either removed or its value is changed to the
50.Ar value
51following by
52.Ql =
53sign.
54.Pp
55The following options are available:
56.Bl -tag -width indent
57.It Fl d Ar name
58Delete the variable selected by
59.Ar name
60from the EEPROM or NVRAM.
61The
62.Fl d
63flag can be specified multiple times, in which case multiple variables
64will be removed.
65.It Fl p
66Print all available configuration variables and their current values.
67.El
68.Sh EXAMPLES
69Print all available configuration variables and their current values:
70.Pp
71.Dl "nvram -p"
72.Pp
73Remove the variable named
74.Va local-mac-address? :
75.Pp
76.Dl "nvram -d local-mac-address\e?"
77.Pp
78Set the value of the
79.Va local-mac-address?
80variable to
81.Dq Li true :
82.Pp
83.Dl "nvram local-mac-address\e?=true"
84.Pp
85Note that the
86.Ql \e
87in the above examples is used to keep the shell from interpreting the
88.Ql \&? .
89.Pp
90Remove variables named
91.Va foo
92and
93.Va bar
94and set variable named
95.Va baz
96to
97.Dq Li 100 :
98.Pp
99.Dl "nvram -d foo -d bar baz=100"
100.Sh SEE ALSO
101.Xr powermac_nvram 4
102.Sh HISTORY
103The
104.Nm
105utility first appeared in
106.Fx 7.0 .
107It is inspired by the
108Darwin/Mac OS X
109.Nm
110utility.
111.Sh AUTHORS
112.An Maxim Sobolev Aq Mt sobomax@FreeBSD.org
113