<?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. Copyright 2013 Harald Hoyer 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="kernel-install"> <refentryinfo> <title>kernel-install</title> <productname>systemd</productname> <authorgroup> <author> <contrib>Developer</contrib> <firstname>Harald</firstname> <surname>Hoyer</surname> <email>harald@redhat.com</email> </author> </authorgroup> </refentryinfo> <refmeta> <refentrytitle>kernel-install</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </refmeta> <refnamediv> <refname>kernel-install</refname> <refpurpose>Add and remove kernel and initramfs images to and from /boot</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> <cmdsynopsis> <command>kernel-install</command> <arg choice="plain">COMMAND</arg> <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>KERNEL-IMAGE</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <para> <command>kernel-install</command> is used to install and remove kernel and initramfs images to and from <filename>/boot</filename>. </para> <para><command>kernel-install</command> will execute the files located in the directory <filename>/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/</filename> and the local administration directory <filename>/etc/kernel/install.d/</filename>. All files are collectively sorted and executed in lexical order, regardless of the directory in which they live. However, files with identical filenames replace each other. Files in <filename>/etc/kernel/install.d/</filename> take precedence over files with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/</filename>. This can be used to override a system-supplied executables with a local file if needed; a symbolic link in <filename>/etc/kernel/install.d/</filename> with the same name as an executable in <filename>/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/</filename>, pointing to /dev/null, disables the executable entirely. Executables must have the extension <literal>.install</literal>; other extensions are ignored.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Commands</title> <para>The following commands are understood:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><command>add <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable> <replaceable>KERNEL-IMAGE</replaceable></command></term> <listitem> <para><command>kernel-install</command> creates the directory <filename>/boot/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>/<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>/</filename> and calls every executable <filename>/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename> and <filename>/etc/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename> with the arguments <programlisting>add <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable> <filename>/boot/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>/<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>/</filename></programlisting> </para> <para>The kernel-install plugin <filename>50-depmod.install</filename> runs depmod for the <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>.</para> <para>The kernel-install plugin <filename>90-loaderentry.install</filename> copies <replaceable>KERNEL-IMAGE</replaceable> to <filename>/boot/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>/<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>/linux</filename>. It also creates a boot loader entry according to the boot loader specification in <filename>/boot/loader/entries/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>-<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>.conf</filename>. The title of the entry is the <replaceable>PRETTY_NAME</replaceable> parameter specified in <filename>/etc/os-release</filename>, or "Linux <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>", if unset. If the file <filename>initrd</filename> is found next to the <filename>linux</filename> file, the initrd will be added to the configuration.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><command>remove <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable></command></term> <listitem> <para>Calls every executable <filename>/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename> and <filename>/etc/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename> with the arguments <programlisting>remove <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable> <filename>/boot/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>/<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>/</filename></programlisting> </para> <para><command>kernel-install</command> removes the entire directory <filename>/boot/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>/<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>/</filename> afterwards.</para> <para>The kernel-install plugin <filename>90-loaderentry.install</filename> removes the file <filename>/boot/loader/entries/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>-<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>.conf</filename>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Exit status</title> <para>If every executable returns with 0, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Files</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term> <filename>/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename> <filename>/etc/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename> </term> <listitem> <para>Drop-in files which are executed by kernel-install.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <filename>/etc/kernel/cmdline</filename> <filename>/proc/cmdline</filename> </term> <listitem> <para>The content of the file <filename>/etc/kernel/cmdline</filename> specifies the kernel command line to use. If that file does not exist, <filename>/proc/cmdline</filename> is used.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> </term> <listitem> <para>The content of the file specifies the machine identification <replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> <filename>/etc/os-release</filename> </term> <listitem> <para>The content of the file specifies the operating system title <replaceable>PRETTY_NAME</replaceable>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>See Also</title> <para> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>os-release</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec">Boot loader specification</ulink> </para> </refsect1> </refentry>