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@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@
the virtual console, i.e. keyboard mapping and console font. It is
applied at boot by udev using <filename>90-vconsole.rules</filename> file.
You can safely mask this file if you want to avoid this kind of initialization.
- There is also <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- provided that you can conveniently use at any time to [re]initialize consoles.
</para>
<para>The basic file format of the
@@ -93,12 +91,10 @@
<term><varname>KEYMAP=</varname></term>
<term><varname>KEYMAP_TOGGLE=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Configures the key mapping table for the
- keyboard. <varname>KEYMAP=</varname> defaults to
- <literal>us</literal> if not set. The
- <varname>KEYMAP_TOGGLE=</varname> can be used to configure a
- second toggle keymap and is by default
- unset.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Configures the key mapping table for the keyboard.
+ <varname>KEYMAP=</varname> defaults to <literal>us</literal> if not set. The
+ <varname>KEYMAP_TOGGLE=</varname> can be used to configure a second toggle keymap and is by
+ default unset.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -114,6 +110,32 @@
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
+ <title>Kernel Command Line</title>
+
+ <para>A few configuration parameters from <filename>vconsole.conf</filename> may be overridden
+ on the kernel command line:</para>
+
+ <variablelist class='kernel-commandline-options'>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>vconsole.keymap=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>vconsole.keymap_toggle=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Overrides <varname>KEYMAP=</varname> and <varname>KEYMAP_TOGGLE=</varname>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+
+ <term><varname>vconsole.font=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>vconsole.font_map=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>vconsole.font_unimap=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Overrides <varname>FONT=</varname>, <varname>FONT_MAP=</varname>, and
+ <varname>FONT_UNIMAP=</varname>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
<title>Example</title>
<example>