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-rw-r--r--man/bootctl.xml80
-rw-r--r--man/custom-html.xsl4
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-efi-boot-generator.xml1
3 files changed, 48 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/man/bootctl.xml b/man/bootctl.xml
index 00f54c73fc..99863bf31e 100644
--- a/man/bootctl.xml
+++ b/man/bootctl.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
<refentry id="bootctl" conditional='ENABLE_EFI'
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
-
<refentryinfo>
<title>bootctl</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
@@ -48,65 +47,82 @@
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
- <command>bootctl</command>
- <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
- <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
+ <command>bootctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>status</command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>bootctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>update</command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>bootctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>install</command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>bootctl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>remove</command>
</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 project='gummiboot'><refentrytitle>gummiboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- boot manager implements the required boot loader interface to
- provide complete boot manager information.</para>
+ <para><command>bootctl</command> checks, updates,
+ installs or removes the boot loader from the current
+ system.</para>
+
+ <para><command>bootctl status</command> checks and prints the
+ currently installed versions of the boot loader binaries and the
+ all current EFI boot variables.</para>
+
+ <para><command>bootctl update</command> updates all installed
+ versions of sd-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. An
+ sd-boot entry in the EFI boot variables is created, if there
+ is no current entry. A created entry will be added to the end of
+ the boot order list.</para>
+
+ <para><command>bootctl install</command> installs sd-boot into
+ the EFI system partition. A copy of sd-boot will be stored as
+ the EFI default/fallback loader at /EFI/Boot/boot*.efi. An sd-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 sd-boot from the EFI system partition, and removes
+ sd-boot from the EFI boot variables.</para>
+
+ <para>If no command is passed <command>status</command> is
+ implied.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
-
<para>The following options are understood:</para>
<variablelist>
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
- </variablelist>
-
- <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
-
- <variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>status</command></term>
+ <term><option>--path</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Path to the EFI system partition. The default is /boot.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
- <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>
+ <term><option>--no-variables</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Do not touch the EFI boot variables.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
-
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Exit status</title>
-
- <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code
- otherwise.</para>
+ <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>
+ <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec">Boot loader specification</ulink>
+ <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/BootLoaderInterface">Systemd boot loader interface</ulink>
</para>
</refsect1>
-
</refentry>
diff --git a/man/custom-html.xsl b/man/custom-html.xsl
index 32299db710..2cb7b76ae2 100644
--- a/man/custom-html.xsl
+++ b/man/custom-html.xsl
@@ -87,10 +87,6 @@
</a>
</xsl:template>
-<xsl:template match="citerefentry[@project='gummiboot']">
- <xsl:call-template name="inline.charseq"/>
-</xsl:template>
-
<xsl:template match="refsect1/title|refsect1/info/title">
<!-- the ID is output in the block.object call for refsect1 -->
<h2>
diff --git a/man/systemd-efi-boot-generator.xml b/man/systemd-efi-boot-generator.xml
index b2d8d65e3d..d05d84abb9 100644
--- a/man/systemd-efi-boot-generator.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-efi-boot-generator.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.automount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-gpt-auto-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gummiboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>