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| author | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2018-06-19 13:52:04 +0200 |
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| committer | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2018-06-19 13:53:42 +0200 |
| commit | 889cb0ab7539280a4069056f155ab1a233bdf0a0 (patch) | |
| tree | c672514b33afcb7557c683b457dc7fd5803a50ea /doc | |
| parent | Also add link to the systemd-boot man page (diff) | |
| download | systemd-889cb0ab7539280a4069056f155ab1a233bdf0a0.tar.xz systemd-889cb0ab7539280a4069056f155ab1a233bdf0a0.zip | |
Add description of field correspondence
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION.md | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION.md b/doc/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION.md index 7c48b83aea..d31bd341f7 100644 --- a/doc/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION.md +++ b/doc/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION.md @@ -91,8 +91,10 @@ A unified kernel image is a single UEFI executable combining an UEFI stub loader A valid unified kernel image must contain two PE sections: -* `.osrel` section with an embedded copy of the [os-release](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html) file describing the image * `.cmdline` section with the kernel command line +* `.osrel` section with an embedded copy of the [os-release](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html) file describing the image + +The `PRETTY_NAME=` and `VERSION_ID=` fields in the embedded os-release file are used the same as `title` and `version` in the "boot loader specification" entries. The `.cmdline` section is used instead of the `options` field. `linux` and `initrd` fields are not necessary, and there is no counterpart for the `machine-id` field. Any such images shall be added to the list of valid boot entries. |