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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2012-05-31 16:00:34 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2012-05-31 16:00:34 +0200
commit9393a8774c1acd60deea40007061b9ffc783bf7e (patch)
treea658d0f10497e4a4d25adbfe4ece090ea3b120f1 /man
parent88f8ffbd63d09b0f2899a8d45fc82e22839aeb81 (diff)
man: add documentation for the binfmt, modules-load, sysctl services
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r--man/binfmt.d.xml53
-rw-r--r--man/modules-load.d.xml52
-rw-r--r--man/sysctl.d.xml30
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-binfmt.service.xml76
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-modules-load.service.xml76
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-sysctl.service.xml78
6 files changed, 310 insertions, 55 deletions
diff --git a/man/binfmt.d.xml b/man/binfmt.d.xml
index 1cc75da9ac..1f5a51db4a 100644
--- a/man/binfmt.d.xml
+++ b/man/binfmt.d.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
<refnamediv>
<refname>binfmt.d</refname>
- <refpurpose>Configure additional binary formats at boot</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Configure additional binary formats for
+ executables at boot</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -54,10 +55,11 @@
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
- <para><command>systemd</command> uses
- files from the above directories to configure
- additional binary formats to register during boot in
- the kernel.</para>
+ <para>At boot,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-binfmt.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ reads configuration files from the above directories
+ to register in the kernel additional binary
+ formats for executables.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -73,21 +75,30 @@
ignored. Note that this means you may not use ; and #
as delimiter in binary format rules.</para>
- <para>Each configuration file is named in the style of
- <filename>&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>.
- Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> override
- files with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>.
- Files in <filename>/run</filename> override files with
- the same name in <filename>/etc/</filename> and
- <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Packages should install their
- configuration files in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>, files
- in <filename>/etc/</filename> are reserved for the local
- administration, which possibly decides to override the
- configurations installed from packages. All files are sorted
- by filename in alphabetical order, regardless in which of the
- directories they reside, to ensure that a specific
- configuration file takes precedence over another file with
- an alphabetically later name.</para>
+ <para>Each configuration file shall be named in the
+ style of <filename>&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>.
+ Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> override files
+ with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>
+ and <filename>/run/</filename>. Files in
+ <filename>/run/</filename> override files with the
+ same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Packages
+ should install their configuration files in
+ <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>, files in
+ <filename>/etc/</filename> are reserved for the local
+ administrator, who may use this logic to override the
+ configuration files installed from vendor
+ packages. All files are sorted by their filename in
+ alphabetical order, regardless in which of the
+ directories they reside, to guarantee that a specific
+ configuration file takes precedence over another file
+ with an alphabetically later name.</para>
+
+ <para>If the administrator wants to disable a
+ configuration file supplied by the vendor the
+ recommended way is to place a symlink to
+ <filename>/dev/null</filename> in
+ <filename>/etc/binfmt.d/</filename> bearing the
+ same file name.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -104,6 +115,8 @@
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-binfmt.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-delta</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>wine</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
diff --git a/man/modules-load.d.xml b/man/modules-load.d.xml
index 01013e0222..cdd43d1650 100644
--- a/man/modules-load.d.xml
+++ b/man/modules-load.d.xml
@@ -54,16 +54,17 @@
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
- <para><command>systemd</command> uses
- files from the above directories to configure
+ <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-modules-load.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ reads files from the above directories which contain
kernel modules to load during boot in a static list.
Each configuration file is named in the style of
<filename>/etc/modules-load.d/&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>. Note
- that it is usually a better idea to use the automatic
- module loading by PCI ID, by DMI ID or similar
- triggers configured in the kernel modules themselves
- instead of relying on static configuration like
- this.</para>
+ that it is usually a better idea to rely on the
+ automatic module loading by PCI IDs, USB IDs, DMI IDs
+ or similar triggers encoded in the kernel modules
+ themselves instead of static configuration like
+ this. In fact, most modern kernel modules are prepared
+ for automatic loading already.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -74,21 +75,26 @@
newlines. Empty lines and lines whose first
non-whitespace character is # or ; are ignored.</para>
- <para>Each configuration file is named in the style of
- <filename>&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>.
- Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> override
- files with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>.
- Files in <filename>/run</filename> override files with
- the same name in <filename>/etc/</filename> and
- <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Packages should install their
- configuration files in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>, files
- in <filename>/etc/</filename> are reserved for the local
- administration, which possibly decides to override the
- configurations installed from packages. All files are sorted
- by filename in alphabetical order, regardless in which of the
- directories they reside, to ensure that a specific
- configuration file takes precedence over another file with
- an alphabetically later name.</para>
+ <para>Each configuration file shall be named in the
+ style of <filename>&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>.
+ Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> override files
+ with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>
+ and <filename>/run/</filename>. Files in
+ <filename>/run/</filename> override files with the
+ same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Packages
+ should install their configuration files in
+ <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>, files in
+ <filename>/etc/</filename> are reserved for the local
+ administrator, who may use this logic to override the
+ configuration files installed from vendor
+ packages.</para>
+
+ <para>If the administrator wants to disable a
+ configuration file supplied by the vendor the
+ recommended way is to place a symlink to
+ <filename>/dev/null</filename> in
+ <filename>/etc/modules-load.d/</filename> bearing the
+ same file name.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -105,6 +111,8 @@ virtio-net</programlisting>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-modules-load.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-delta</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>modprobe</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
diff --git a/man/sysctl.d.xml b/man/sysctl.d.xml
index 4f30276ad4..a4a495ee32 100644
--- a/man/sysctl.d.xml
+++ b/man/sysctl.d.xml
@@ -54,10 +54,12 @@
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
- <para><command>systemd</command> uses configuration
- files from the above directories to configure
+ <para>At boot,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-binfmt.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ reads configuration files from the above directories
+ to configure
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- kernel parameters during boot.</para>
+ kernel parameters.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -76,17 +78,17 @@
<para>Each configuration file shall be named in the
style of <filename>&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>.
- Files in <filename>/run/</filename> override files
- with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>.
- Files in <filename>/etc</filename> override files with
- the same name in <filename>/run/</filename> and
- <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Packages should
- install their configuration files in
+ Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> override files
+ with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>
+ and <filename>/run/</filename>. Files in
+ <filename>/run</filename> override files with the same
+ name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Packages
+ should install their configuration files in
<filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Files in
<filename>/etc/</filename> are reserved for the local
administrator, who may use this logic to override the
- configuration installed by vendor packages. All
- configuration files are sorted by their name in
+ configuration files installed by vendor packages. All
+ configuration files are sorted by their filename in
alphabetical order, regardless in which of the
directories they reside, to guarantee that a specific
configuration file takes precedence over another file
@@ -97,8 +99,8 @@
configuration file supplied by the vendor the
recommended way is to place a symlink to
<filename>/dev/null</filename> in
- <filename>/etc/sysctl.d</filename> carrying with the
- same name.</para>
+ <filename>/etc/sysctl.d/</filename> bearing the
+ same file name.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -115,6 +117,8 @@ kernel.domainname=example.com</programlisting>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-sysctl.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-delta</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysctl.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
diff --git a/man/systemd-binfmt.service.xml b/man/systemd-binfmt.service.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73e98363df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/systemd-binfmt.service.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+<!--
+ This file is part of systemd.
+
+ Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering
+
+ systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+-->
+<refentry id="systemd-binfmt.service">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>systemd-binfmt.service</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+ <surname>Poettering</surname>
+ <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>systemd-binfmt.service</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>systemd-binfmt.service</refname>
+ <refname>systemd-binfmt</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Configure additional binary formats for executables at boot</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para><filename>sysytemd-binfmt.service</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-binfmt</filename></para>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><filename>systemd-binfmt.service</filename> is
+ an early-boot service that registers additional binary
+ formats for executables in the kernel.</para>
+
+ <para>See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>binfmt.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for information about the configuration of this
+ service.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>binfmt.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wine</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd-modules-load.service.xml b/man/systemd-modules-load.service.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..405ae4ffcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/systemd-modules-load.service.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+<!--
+ This file is part of systemd.
+
+ Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering
+
+ systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+-->
+<refentry id="systemd-modules-load.service">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>systemd-modules-load.service</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+ <surname>Poettering</surname>
+ <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>systemd-modules-load.service</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>systemd-modules-load.service</refname>
+ <refname>systemd-modules-load</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Configure kernel modules to load at boot</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para><filename>sysytemd-modules-load.service</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-modules-load</filename></para>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><filename>systemd-modules-load.service</filename>
+ is an early-boot service that loads kernel modules
+ from static configuration.</para>
+
+ <para>See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>modules-load.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for information about the configuration of this
+ service.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>modules-load.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wine</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd-sysctl.service.xml b/man/systemd-sysctl.service.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..116fcd00a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/systemd-sysctl.service.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+<!--
+ This file is part of systemd.
+
+ Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering
+
+ systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+-->
+<refentry id="systemd-sysctl.service">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>systemd-sysctl.service</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+ <surname>Poettering</surname>
+ <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>systemd-sysctl.service</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>systemd-sysctl.service</refname>
+ <refname>systemd-sysctl</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Configure kernel parameters at boot</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para><filename>sysytemd-sysctl.service</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysctl</filename></para>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><filename>systemd-sysctl.service</filename> is
+ an early-boot service that configures
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ kernel parameters.</para>
+
+ <para>See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysctl.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for information about the configuration of this
+ service.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysctl.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wine</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>