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-rw-r--r--Makefile-man.am9
-rw-r--r--man/bootctl.xml125
2 files changed, 134 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile-man.am b/Makefile-man.am
index 1a24e6b29f..f2b6164a18 100644
--- a/Makefile-man.am
+++ b/Makefile-man.am
@@ -651,6 +651,15 @@ MANPAGES_ALIAS += \
endif
+if ENABLE_EFI
+MANPAGES += \
+ man/bootctl.1
+MANPAGES_ALIAS += \
+ #
+
+
+endif
+
if ENABLE_HOSTNAMED
MANPAGES += \
man/hostnamectl.1 \
diff --git a/man/bootctl.xml b/man/bootctl.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28f1b9203f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/bootctl.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+<?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.
+
+ 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="bootctl" conditional='ENABLE_EFI'>
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>bootctl</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Kay</firstname>
+ <surname>Sievers</surname>
+ <email>kay@vrfy.org</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>bootctl</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>bootctl</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Control the firmware and boot manager settings</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>bootctl</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
+ <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><command>bootctl</command> may be used to
+ query or (in the future) change the firmware and boot
+ manager settings.</para>
+
+ <para>Firmware information is available only on EFI
+ systems.</para>
+
+ <para>Currently, only the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gummiboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> boot
+ manager implements the required boot loader interface
+ to provide complete boot manager information.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+
+ <para>The following options are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-h</option></term>
+ <term><option>--help</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Prints a short help
+ text and exits.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--version</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Prints a short version
+ string and exits.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>status</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show firmware and boot
+ manager information about the system,
+ including secure boot mode status and
+ selected firmware entry (where
+ available).</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Exit status</title>
+
+ <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
+ code otherwise.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/BootLoaderInterface">Boot loader interface</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec">Boot loader specification</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/gummiboot/">gummiboot</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>