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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2012-06-22 01:35:52 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2012-06-22 01:35:52 +0200
commitc66e7bc7a19c068ca1c414f2f8bd5dc13c20907f (patch)
tree7acc7a230af7f42370872cb4b269c4ca2d40d7db /man/systemd.xml
parent8b38f3cc3eb73adf9536cb73d0f319e60d42ea0c (diff)
man: document all kernel command line options we understand
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diff --git a/man/systemd.xml b/man/systemd.xml
index d179273caa..bf450d51c8 100644
--- a/man/systemd.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.xml
@@ -971,6 +971,7 @@
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>systemd.unit=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>rd.systemd.unit=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Overrides the unit to
activate on boot. Defaults to
@@ -980,8 +981,12 @@
<filename>rescue.target</filename> or
<filename>emergency.service</filename>. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details about these
- units.</para></listitem>
+ for details about these units. The
+ option prefixed with
+ <literal>rd.</literal> is honoured
+ only in the initial RAM disk (initrd),
+ while the one that isn't prefixed only
+ in the main system.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -1036,7 +1041,11 @@
argument. If <option>true</option>
shows terse service status updates on
the console during bootup. Defaults to
- <option>true</option>.</para></listitem>
+ <option>true</option>, unless
+ <option>quiet</option> is passed as
+ kernel command line option in which
+ case it defaults to
+ <option>false</option>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -1093,7 +1102,98 @@
disk.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>quiet</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>If passed turns off
+ status output at boot, and disconnects
+ SysV scripts from the console, much
+ like
+ <varname>systemd.show_status=false</varname>
+ and
+ <varname>systemd.sysv_console=false</varname>
+ would. Note that this option is also
+ read by the kernel itself and disables
+ kernel log output to the
+ kernel. Passing this option hence
+ turns off the usual output from both
+ the system manager and the
+ kernel.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>emergency</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Boot into emergency
+ mode. This is equivalent to
+ <varname>systemd.unit=emergency.target</varname>
+ and provided for compatibility
+ reasons and to be easier to type.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>single</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>s</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>S</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>1</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Boot into rescue
+ mode. This is equivalent to
+ <varname>systemd.unit=rescue.target</varname>
+ and provided for compatibility reasons
+ and to be easier to
+ type.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>2</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>3</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>4</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>5</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Boot into the
+ specified legacy SysV runlevel. This
+ is equivalent to
+ <varname>systemd.unit=runlevel2.target</varname>,
+ <varname>systemd.unit=runlevel3.target</varname>,
+ <varname>systemd.unit=runlevel4.target</varname>,
+ resp. <varname>systemd.unit=runlevel5.target</varname>
+ and provided for compatibility reasons
+ and to be easier to
+ type.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>locale.LANG=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>locale.LANGUAGE=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>locale.LC_CTYPE=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>locale.LC_NUMERIC=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>locale.LC_TIME=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>locale.LC_COLLATE=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>locale.LC_MONETARY=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>locale.LC_MESSAGES=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>locale.LC_PAPER=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>locale.LC_NAME=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>locale.LC_ADDRESS=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>locale.LC_TELEPHONE=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>locale.LC_MEASUREMENT=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>locale.LC_IDENTIFICATION=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Set the system locale
+ to use. This overrides the settings in
+ <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename>. For
+ more information see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ and
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>locale</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
+
+ <para>For other kernel command line parameters
+ understood by components of the core OS, please refer
+ to
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>kernel-command-line</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -1160,7 +1260,8 @@
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>kernel-command-line</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>