From 9393a8774c1acd60deea40007061b9ffc783bf7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 16:00:34 +0200 Subject: man: add documentation for the binfmt, modules-load, sysctl services --- man/binfmt.d.xml | 53 +++++++++++++++--------- man/modules-load.d.xml | 52 ++++++++++++++---------- man/sysctl.d.xml | 30 ++++++++------ man/systemd-binfmt.service.xml | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ man/systemd-modules-load.service.xml | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ man/systemd-sysctl.service.xml | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 6 files changed, 310 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-) create mode 100644 man/systemd-binfmt.service.xml create mode 100644 man/systemd-modules-load.service.xml create mode 100644 man/systemd-sysctl.service.xml (limited to 'man') 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 @@ binfmt.d - Configure additional binary formats at boot + Configure additional binary formats for + executables at boot @@ -54,10 +55,11 @@ Description - systemd uses - files from the above directories to configure - additional binary formats to register during boot in - the kernel. + At boot, + systemd-binfmt.service8 + reads configuration files from the above directories + to register in the kernel additional binary + formats for executables. @@ -73,21 +75,30 @@ ignored. Note that this means you may not use ; and # as delimiter in binary format rules. - Each configuration file is named in the style of - <program>.conf. - Files in /etc/ override - files with the same name in /usr/lib/. - Files in /run override files with - the same name in /etc/ and - /usr/lib/. Packages should install their - configuration files in /usr/lib/, files - in /etc/ 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. + Each configuration file shall be named in the + style of <program>.conf. + Files in /etc/ override files + with the same name in /usr/lib/ + and /run/. Files in + /run/ override files with the + same name in /usr/lib/. Packages + should install their configuration files in + /usr/lib/, files in + /etc/ 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. + + If the administrator wants to disable a + configuration file supplied by the vendor the + recommended way is to place a symlink to + /dev/null in + /etc/binfmt.d/ bearing the + same file name. @@ -104,6 +115,8 @@ See Also systemd1, + systemd-binfmt.service8, + systemd-delta1, wine8 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 @@ Description - systemd uses - files from the above directories to configure + systemd-modules-load.service8 + 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 /etc/modules-load.d/<program>.conf. 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. + 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. @@ -74,21 +75,26 @@ newlines. Empty lines and lines whose first non-whitespace character is # or ; are ignored. - Each configuration file is named in the style of - <program>.conf. - Files in /etc/ override - files with the same name in /usr/lib/. - Files in /run override files with - the same name in /etc/ and - /usr/lib/. Packages should install their - configuration files in /usr/lib/, files - in /etc/ 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. + Each configuration file shall be named in the + style of <program>.conf. + Files in /etc/ override files + with the same name in /usr/lib/ + and /run/. Files in + /run/ override files with the + same name in /usr/lib/. Packages + should install their configuration files in + /usr/lib/, files in + /etc/ are reserved for the local + administrator, who may use this logic to override the + configuration files installed from vendor + packages. + + If the administrator wants to disable a + configuration file supplied by the vendor the + recommended way is to place a symlink to + /dev/null in + /etc/modules-load.d/ bearing the + same file name. @@ -105,6 +111,8 @@ virtio-net See Also systemd1, + systemd-modules-load.service8, + systemd-delta1, modprobe8 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 @@ Description - systemd uses configuration - files from the above directories to configure + At boot, + systemd-binfmt.service8 + reads configuration files from the above directories + to configure sysctl8 - kernel parameters during boot. + kernel parameters. @@ -76,17 +78,17 @@ Each configuration file shall be named in the style of <program>.conf. - Files in /run/ override files - with the same name in /usr/lib/. - Files in /etc override files with - the same name in /run/ and - /usr/lib/. Packages should - install their configuration files in + Files in /etc/ override files + with the same name in /usr/lib/ + and /run/. Files in + /run override files with the same + name in /usr/lib/. Packages + should install their configuration files in /usr/lib/. Files in /etc/ 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 /dev/null in - /etc/sysctl.d carrying with the - same name. + /etc/sysctl.d/ bearing the + same file name. @@ -115,6 +117,8 @@ kernel.domainname=example.com See Also systemd1, + systemd-sysctl.service8, + systemd-delta1, sysctl8, sysctl.conf5 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 @@ + + + + + + + + systemd-binfmt.service + systemd + + + + Developer + Lennart + Poettering + lennart@poettering.net + + + + + + systemd-binfmt.service + 8 + + + + systemd-binfmt.service + systemd-binfmt + Configure additional binary formats for executables at boot + + + + sysytemd-binfmt.service + /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-binfmt + + + + Description + + systemd-binfmt.service is + an early-boot service that registers additional binary + formats for executables in the kernel. + + See + binfmt.d5 + for information about the configuration of this + service. + + + + See Also + + systemd1, + binfmt.d5, + wine8 + + + + 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 @@ + + + + + + + + systemd-modules-load.service + systemd + + + + Developer + Lennart + Poettering + lennart@poettering.net + + + + + + systemd-modules-load.service + 8 + + + + systemd-modules-load.service + systemd-modules-load + Configure kernel modules to load at boot + + + + sysytemd-modules-load.service + /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-modules-load + + + + Description + + systemd-modules-load.service + is an early-boot service that loads kernel modules + from static configuration. + + See + modules-load.d5 + for information about the configuration of this + service. + + + + See Also + + systemd1, + modules-load.d5, + wine8 + + + + 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 @@ + + + + + + + + systemd-sysctl.service + systemd + + + + Developer + Lennart + Poettering + lennart@poettering.net + + + + + + systemd-sysctl.service + 8 + + + + systemd-sysctl.service + systemd-sysctl + Configure kernel parameters at boot + + + + sysytemd-sysctl.service + /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysctl + + + + Description + + systemd-sysctl.service is + an early-boot service that configures + sysctl8 + kernel parameters. + + See + sysctl.d5 + for information about the configuration of this + service. + + + + See Also + + systemd1, + sysctl.d5, + sysctl8, + wine8 + + + + -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf