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authorZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2016-07-25 16:17:48 -0400
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2016-07-25 16:34:18 -0400
commite28973ee182434b59ff562c9b22823250c9fdb4c (patch)
treed4e147d1cab24575b3e5ce13d1571063b4da56c5 /man
parent1a0b98c43797ce96e47b110a58f0b4c55f3256f5 (diff)
parent7ba25ab5616339a8340117b85cbecd061c52d8cc (diff)
Merge pull request #3757 from poettering/efi-search
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r--man/bootctl.xml33
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-gpt-auto-generator.xml23
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/man/bootctl.xml b/man/bootctl.xml
index 6e835c037f..e2575a4751 100644
--- a/man/bootctl.xml
+++ b/man/bootctl.xml
@@ -47,16 +47,16 @@
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
- <command>bootctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>status</command>
+ <command>bootctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> status</command>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
- <command>bootctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>update</command>
+ <command>bootctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> update</command>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
- <command>bootctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>install</command>
+ <command>bootctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> install</command>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
- <command>bootctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>remove</command>
+ <command>bootctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> remove</command>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -71,19 +71,14 @@
currently installed versions of the boot loader binaries and
all current EFI boot variables.</para>
- <para><command>bootctl update</command> updates all installed
- versions of systemd-boot, if the current version is newer than the
- version installed in the EFI system partition. This also includes
- the EFI default/fallback loader at /EFI/BOOT/BOOT*.EFI. A
- systemd-boot entry in the EFI boot variables is created if there
- is no current entry. The created entry will be added to the end of
- the boot order list.</para>
+ <para><command>bootctl update</command> updates all installed versions of systemd-boot, if the current version is
+ newer than the version installed in the EFI system partition. This also includes the EFI default/fallback loader at
+ <filename>/EFI/BOOT/BOOT*.EFI</filename>. A systemd-boot entry in the EFI boot variables is created if there is no
+ current entry. The created entry will be added to the end of the boot order list.</para>
- <para><command>bootctl install</command> installs systemd-boot into
- the EFI system partition. A copy of systemd-boot will be stored as
- the EFI default/fallback loader at /EFI/BOOT/BOOT*.EFI. A systemd-boot
- entry in the EFI boot variables is created and added to the top
- of the boot order list.</para>
+ <para><command>bootctl install</command> installs systemd-boot into the EFI system partition. A copy of
+ systemd-boot will be stored as the EFI default/fallback loader at <filename>/EFI/BOOT/BOOT*.EFI</filename>. A
+ systemd-boot entry in the EFI boot variables is created and added to the top of the boot order list.</para>
<para><command>bootctl remove</command> removes all installed
versions of systemd-boot from the EFI system partition, and removes
@@ -101,8 +96,10 @@
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--path</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Path to the EFI system partition. The default is /boot.</para></listitem>
+ <term><option>--path=</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Path to the EFI System Partition (ESP). If not specified, <filename>/efi</filename>,
+ <filename>/boot</filename>, and <filename>/boot/efi</filename> are checked in turn. It is recommended to mount
+ the ESP to <filename>/boot</filename>, if possible.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd-gpt-auto-generator.xml b/man/systemd-gpt-auto-generator.xml
index e890c4dce2..d26206710f 100644
--- a/man/systemd-gpt-auto-generator.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-gpt-auto-generator.xml
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@
<entry>Swap</entry>
<entry>All swap partitions located on the disk the root partition is located on are enabled.</entry>
</row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b</entry>
+ <entry>EFI System Partition (ESP)</entry>
+ <entry>The first ESP located on the disk the root partition is located on is mounted to <filename>/boot</filename> or <filename>/efi</filename>, see below.</entry>
+ </row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
@@ -150,16 +155,14 @@
<filename>/etc/crypttab</filename> with a different device mapper
device name.</para>
- <para>Mount and automount units for the EFI System Partition (ESP),
- mounting it to <filename>/boot</filename>, are generated on EFI
- systems where the boot loader communicates the used ESP to the operating
- system. Since this generator creates an automount unit, the mount will
- only be activated on-demand, when accessed. On systems where
- <filename>/boot</filename> is an explicitly configured mount
- (for example, listed in
- <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
- or where the <filename>/boot</filename> mount point is non-empty, no
- mount units are generated.</para>
+ <para>Mount and automount units for the EFI System Partition (ESP) are generated on EFI systems. The ESP is mounted
+ to <filename>/boot</filename>, unless a mount point directory <filename>/efi</filename> exists, in which case it is
+ mounted there. Since this generator creates an automount unit, the mount will only be activated on-demand, when
+ accessed. On systems where <filename>/boot</filename> (or <filename>/efi</filename> if it exists) is an explicitly
+ configured mount (for example, listed in <citerefentry
+ project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>) or where the
+ <filename>/boot</filename> (or <filename>/efi</filename>) mount point is non-empty, no mount units are
+ generated.</para>
<para>When using this generator in conjunction with btrfs file
systems, make sure to set the correct default subvolumes on them,