Kenv
Welcome to  Kenv.
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Introduction
With kenv(1) you can dump or modify the kernel environment. The kenv(2) system call manipulates kernel environment variables. It supports the well known userland actions of getting, setting and unsetting environment variables, as well as the ability to dump all of the entries in the kernel environment.
Usage
Kenv without options
If you you write: kenv
in your terminal, you will get the complete kernel environment tree.
These variables are the loader variables and relate to initial hardware probes. The right decision has to be made before anything in the kernel accesses the specific hardware.
Example
/u/h/yourusername> kenv
| LINES="24" |
| acpi.oem="ACPIAM" |
| acpi.revision="1" |
| acpi.rsdp="0x000facd0" |
| acpi.rsdt="0xcffa0000" |
| acpi_load="YES" |
| autoboot_delay="02" |
| boot_mute="YES" |
| bootenv_autolist="YES" |
| bootenvs[0]="zfs:tank/ROOT/initial" |
| bootenvs_count="1" |
| bootfile="kernel" |
| comconsole_pcidev="" |
| comconsole_port="1016" |
| comconsole_speed="9600" |
| console="vidconsole" |
| currdev="zfs:tank/ROOT/initial:" |
| efi_max_resolution="1x1" |
| hint.acpi.0.disabled="0" |
| hint.acpi.0.oem="ACPIAM" |
| hint.acpi.0.revision="1" |
| hint.acpi.0.rsdp="0x000facd0" |
| hint.acpi.0.rsdt="0xcffa0000" |
| hint.acpi_throttle.0.disabled="1" |
| hint.atkbd.0.at="atkbdc" |
| hint.atkbd.0.irq="1" |
| hint.atkbdc.0.at="isa" |
| hint.atkbdc.0.port="0x060" |
| hint.atrtc.0.at="isa" |
| hint.atrtc.0.irq="8" |
| hint.atrtc.0.port="0x70" |
| hint.attimer.0.at="isa" |
| hint.attimer.0.irq="0" |
| hint.attimer.0.port="0x40" |
| hint.fd.0.at="fdc0" |
| hint.fd.0.drive="0" |
| hint.fd.1.at="fdc0" |
| hint.fd.1.drive="1" |
| hint.fdc.0.at="isa" |
| hint.fdc.0.drq="2" |
| hint.fdc.0.irq="6" |
| hint.fdc.0.port="0x3F0" |
| hint.p4tcc.0.disabled="1" |
| hint.ppc.0.at="isa" |
| hint.ppc.0.irq="7" |
| hint.psm.0.at="atkbdc" |
| hint.psm.0.irq="12" |
| hint.sc.0.at="isa" |
| hint.sc.0.flags="0x100" |
| hint.uart.0.at="isa" |
| hint.uart.0.flags="0x10" |
| hint.uart.0.irq="4" |
| hint.uart.0.port="0x3F8" |
| hint.uart.1.at="isa" |
| hint.uart.1.irq="3" |
| hint.uart.1.port="0x2F8" |
| hw.memtest.tests="0" |
| hw.psm.synaptics_support="1" |
| hw.usb.no_boot_wait="1" |
| kern.geom.eli.visible_passphrase="2" |
| kernel="kernel" |
| kernel_options="" |
| kernel_path="/boot/kernel" |
| kernelname="/boot/kernel/kernel" |
| kernels_autodetect="YES" |
| legal.intel_ipw.license_ack="1" |
| legal.intel_iwi.license_ack="1" |
| legal.realtek.license_ack="1" |
| loaddev="zfs:tank/ROOT/initial:" |
| loader_brand="ghostbsd" |
| loader_conf_files="/boot/device.hints /boot/loader.conf /boot/loader.conf.local" |
| loader_logo="ghostbsd" |
| loader_menu_title="Welcome to GhostBSD" |
| module_blacklist="drm drm2 radeonkms i915kms amdgpu" |
| module_path="/boot/kernel;/boot/modules;/boot/dtb;/boot/dtb/overlays" |
| net.inet.ip.fw.default_to_accept="1" |
| nextboot_conf="/boot/nextboot.conf" |
| nextboot_enable="NO" |
| pcibios.config1="1" |
| pcibios.config2="0" |
| pcibios.major="3" |
| pcibios.maxbus="5" |
| pcibios.minor="0" |
| rc_system="openrc" |
| script.lang="lua" |
| smbios.bios.reldate="07/07/2009" |
| smbios.bios.vendor="American Megatrends Inc." |
| smbios.bios.version="080015 " |
| smbios.chassis.maker="ECS" |
| smbios.chassis.serial=" " |
| smbios.chassis.tag=" " |
| smbios.chassis.version=" " |
| smbios.memory.enabled="4194304" |
| smbios.planar.location=" " |
| smbios.planar.maker="ECS" |
| smbios.planar.product="GF8100VM-M5" |
| smbios.planar.serial=" " |
| smbios.planar.tag=" " |
| smbios.planar.version="1.0 " |
| smbios.socket.enabled="1" |
| smbios.socket.populated="1" |
| smbios.system.family=" " |
| smbios.system.maker="ECS" |
| smbios.system.product="GF8100VM-M5" |
| smbios.system.serial=" " |
| smbios.system.sku=" " |
| smbios.system.uuid="03000200-0400-0500-0006-000700080009" |
| smbios.system.version="1.0" |
| smbios.version="2.6" |
| twiddle_divisor="1" |
| verbose_loading="NO" |
| vfs.root.mountfrom="zfs:tank/ROOT/initial" |
| vfs.zfs.arc_max="512M" |
| vfs.zfs.boot.primary_pool="2274887038975416023" |
| vfs.zfs.boot.primary_vdev="13128611794753525809" |
| zfs_be_active="zfs:tank/ROOT/initial" |
| zfs_be_currpage="1" |
| zfs_be_root="tank/ROOT" |
Kernel environment variables can be set in the /boot/loader.conf
Options
There are following options:
-
>kenv -h-h will limit the report to kernel probe hints. - If an optional variable name is specified, kenv will only report that value.
- If the -N option is specified, kenv will only display variable names and not their values.
- If the -u option is specified, kenv will delete the given environment variable. If the environment variable is followed by an optional value, kenv will set the environment variable to this value.
- If the -q option is set, warnings normally printed as a result of being unable to perform the requested operation will be suppressed.
- If the -v option is set, the variable name will be printed out for the environment variable in addition to the value when kenv is executed with a variable name.
Variables can be added to the kernel environment using the /boot/loader.conf file, or also statically compiled into the kernel using the statement
env filename
in the kernel config file. The file can contain lines of the form
name = value # this is a comment
where whitespace around `name' and `=', and everything after a `# ' character, are ignored. Almost any printable character except `=' is accept able as part of a name. Quotes are optional and necessary only if the value contains whitespace.
Attention: The kernel environment variables are also tunable. Before you play with them, reed the man pages. It is possible to crash your system with a false value.
The Action Argument
The action argument can be one of the following:
| Action | Desciption |
|---|---|
| KENV_GET | Get the value of the variable with the given name. The size
of the value buffer is given by len, which should be at least KENV_MVALLEN + 1 bytes to avoid truncation and to ensure NUL termination. |
| KENV_SET | Set or add a variable. The name and value are limited to
KENV_MNAMELEN and KENV_MVALLEN characters, respectively (not including the NUL terminator.) The len argument indicates the length of the value and must include the NUL terminator. This option is only available to the superuser. |
| KENV_UNSET | Unset the variable with the given name. The value and len
arguments are ignored. This option is only available to the superuser. |
| KENV_DUMP | Dump as much of the kernel environment as will fit in value,
whose size is given in len. If value is NULL, kenv() will return the number of bytes required to copy out the entire environment. The name is ignored. |
