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authorZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2013-05-03 00:55:20 -0400
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2013-05-03 01:00:42 -0400
commit845c53246f73a505f12bb7f685a530045fa60a40 (patch)
treefe6524ea0546e971b5ad509a3557efb4e4ac8c69 /man/kernel-install.xml
parent202288be83b56a724c316ce0ad2fcb41bd63f0eb (diff)
man: add various filenames to the index
Everything which is an absolute filename marked with <filename></filename> lands in the index, unless noindex= attribute is present. Should make it easier for people to find stuff when they are looking at a file on disk. Various formatting errors in manpages are fixed, kernel-install(1) is restored to formatting sanity.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/kernel-install.xml')
-rw-r--r--man/kernel-install.xml67
1 files changed, 43 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/man/kernel-install.xml b/man/kernel-install.xml
index df3549dcb7..9c2ecc48b2 100644
--- a/man/kernel-install.xml
+++ b/man/kernel-install.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
- <command>kernel-install</command> <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg> <arg choice="req">KERNEL VERSION</arg> <arg choice="req">KERNEL IMAGE</arg>
+ <command>kernel-install</command>
+ <arg choice="plain">COMMAND</arg>
+ <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>KERNEL-IMAGE</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -60,9 +63,10 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
initramfs images to and from <filename>/boot</filename>.
</para>
- <para>kernel-install will execute the files located in the directory <filename>/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/</filename>
+ <para><command>kernel-install</command> will execute the files
+ located in the directory <filename>/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/</filename>
and the local administration directory <filename>/etc/kernel/install.d/</filename>.
- All files are collectively sorted and executed in lexical order, regardless of the directories in
+ All files are collectively sorted and executed in lexical order, regardless of the directory in
which they live. However, files with identical file names replace each other.
Files in <filename>/etc/kernel/install.d/</filename> take precedence over files with the same name
in <filename>/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/</filename>. This can be used to override a system-supplied
@@ -78,29 +82,44 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
<para>The following commands are understood:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>add &lt;KERNEL VERSION> &lt;KERNEL IMAGE></term>
+ <term><command>add <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable> <replaceable>KERNEL-IMAGE</replaceable></command></term>
<listitem>
- <para>calls every executable <filename>/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename>
- and <filename>/etc/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename> with the arguments
- "add &lt;KERNEL VERSION> <filename>/boot/&lt;MACHINE-ID>/&lt;KERNEL VERSION>/</filename>"</para>
-
- <para>kernel-install copies &lt;KERNEL IMAGE> to
- <filename>/boot/&lt;MACHINE-ID>/&lt;KERNEL VERSION>/linux</filename>.</para>
-
- <para>kernel-install also creates a boot loader entry according to the boot loader specification
- in <filename>/boot/loader/entries/&lt;MACHINE-ID>-&lt;KERNEL VERSION>.conf</filename>.
- If the file <filename>initrd</filename> is found next to the <filename>linux</filename> file,
- the initrd will be added to the configuration.</para>
+ <para>calls every executable
+ <filename>/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename> and
+ <filename>/etc/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename> with
+ the arguments
+ <programlisting>
+add <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable> <filename>/boot/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>/<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>/</filename>
+ </programlisting>
+ </para>
+
+ <para><command>kernel-install</command> copies
+ <replaceable>KERNEL-IMAGE</replaceable> to
+ <filename>/boot/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>/<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>/linux</filename>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para><command>kernel-install</command> also creates a boot
+ loader entry according to the boot loader specification in
+ <filename>/boot/loader/entries/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>-<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>.conf</filename>.
+ If the file <filename>initrd</filename> is found next to the
+ <filename>linux</filename> file, the initrd will be added to
+ the configuration.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>remove &lt;KERNEL VERSION> &lt;KERNEL IMAGE></term>
- <listitem><para>calls every executable <filename>/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename>
- and <filename>/etc/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename> with the arguments:
- "remove &lt;KERNEL VERSION> <filename>/boot/&lt;MACHINE-ID>/&lt;KERNEL VERSION>/</filename>"
- </para>
- <para>kernel-install removes the entire directory <filename>/boot/&lt;MACHINE-ID>/&lt;KERNEL VERSION>/</filename>
- and the file <filename>/boot/loader/entries/&lt;MACHINE-ID>-&lt;KERNEL VERSION>.conf</filename></para>
+ <term><command>remove</command> <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable> <replaceable>KERNEL-IMAGE</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>calls every executable <filename>/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename>
+ and <filename>/etc/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename> with the arguments
+ <programlisting>
+remove <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable> <filename>/boot/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>/<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>/</filename>
+ </programlisting>
+ </para>
+
+ <para><command>kernel-install</command> removes the entire directory
+ <filename>/boot/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>/<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>/</filename>
+ and the file
+ <filename>/boot/loader/entries/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>-<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>.conf</filename></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -140,7 +159,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
<filename>/etc/machine-id</filename>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>The content of the file specifies the machine identification &lt;MACHINE-ID>.</para>
+ <para>The content of the file specifies the machine identification <replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -148,7 +167,7 @@ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
<filename>/etc/os-release</filename>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>The content of the file specifies the operating system id &lt;OS-ID>.</para>
+ <para>The content of the file specifies the operating system id <replaceable>OS-ID</replaceable>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>