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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2014-06-20 13:30:52 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2014-06-20 13:36:28 +0200
commit3c5a87a879e3eb66c9c159a26051d940ff2db7a1 (patch)
treec2025c99e638c930dd14fcfd86ee77ebc6c89988 /man
parent6b66097b9534da434cdb56d22c49452cfc0dcaf1 (diff)
debug-generator: add new kernel cmdline option systemd.wants= to add units to the initial transaction
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r--man/kernel-command-line.xml7
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-debug-generator.xml12
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man/kernel-command-line.xml b/man/kernel-command-line.xml
index d2767e5691..f244bfcb57 100644
--- a/man/kernel-command-line.xml
+++ b/man/kernel-command-line.xml
@@ -100,14 +100,15 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>systemd.mask=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>systemd.wants=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.debug-shell</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Additional parameters
understood by
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-debug-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- to mask specific units at
- boot, or invoke a debug shell
- on tty9.</para>
+ to mask or start specific
+ units at boot, or invoke a
+ debug shell on tty9.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd-debug-generator.xml b/man/systemd-debug-generator.xml
index 50287d0112..a64edeffd8 100644
--- a/man/systemd-debug-generator.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-debug-generator.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
<title>Description</title>
<para><filename>systemd-debug-generator</filename> is
- a generator that reads the kernel command line and understands two options:</para>
+ a generator that reads the kernel command line and
+ understands three options:</para>
<para>If the <option>systemd.mask=</option> option is
specified and followed by a unit name this unit is
@@ -61,7 +62,14 @@
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
<command>mask</command> command. This is useful to
boot with certain units removed from the initial boot
- transaction for debugging system startup.</para>
+ transaction for debugging system startup. May be
+ specified more than once.</para>
+
+ <para>If the <option>systemd.wants=</option> option is
+ specified and followed by a unit name a start job for
+ this unit is added to the initial transaction. This is
+ useful to start one ore more additional units at
+ boot. May be specified more than once.</para>
<para>If the <option>systemd.debug-shell</option>
option is specified the debug shell service