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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2021-09-21 17:28:16 +0200 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2021-09-23 17:24:28 +0200 |
| commit | 99d51ed9391704da9b3397e395ec8829b6a737be (patch) | |
| tree | 0c5403f045dac23ed2c13db99d6a5cfcd010836f /man | |
| parent | man: the sd-boot menu is probably more "textual" then "graphical", hence don'... (diff) | |
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man: document the new systemd-boot drop-in driver dir logic
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| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd-boot.xml | 28 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd-boot.xml b/man/systemd-boot.xml index 823f2d5440..b7b06bd5eb 100644 --- a/man/systemd-boot.xml +++ b/man/systemd-boot.xml @@ -280,17 +280,29 @@ usually mounted to <filename>/efi/</filename>, <filename>/boot/</filename> or <filename>/boot/efi/</filename> during OS runtime. It also processes files on the Extended Boot Loader partition which is typically mounted to <filename>/boot/</filename>, if it - exists. <command>systemd-boot</command> reads runtime configuration such as the boot timeout and default + exists.</para> + + <para><command>systemd-boot</command> reads runtime configuration such as the boot timeout and default entry from <filename>/loader/loader.conf</filename> on the ESP (in combination with data read from EFI variables). See - <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loader.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Boot - entry description files following the <ulink url="https://systemd.io/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION">Boot - Loader Specification</ulink> are read from <filename>/loader/entries/</filename> on the ESP and the - Extended Boot Loader partition. Unified kernel boot entries following the <ulink + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loader.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> + + <para>Boot entry description files following the <ulink + url="https://systemd.io/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION">Boot Loader Specification</ulink> are read from + <filename>/loader/entries/</filename> on the ESP and the Extended Boot Loader partition.</para> + + <para>Unified kernel boot entries following the <ulink url="https://systemd.io/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION">Boot Loader Specification</ulink> are read from - <filename>/EFI/Linux/</filename> on the ESP and the Extended Boot Loader partition. Optionally, a random - seed for early boot entropy pool provisioning is stored in <filename>/loader/random-seed</filename> in - the ESP.</para> + <filename>/EFI/Linux/</filename> on the ESP and the Extended Boot Loader partition.</para> + + <para>Optionally, a random seed for early boot entropy pool provisioning is stored in + <filename>/loader/random-seed</filename> in the ESP.</para> + + <para>During initialization, <command>sd-boot</command> automatically loads all driver files placed in + the <filename>/EFI/systemd/drivers/</filename> directory of the ESP. The files placed there must have an + extension of the EFI architecture ID followed by <filename>.efi</filename> (e.g. for x86-64 this means a + suffix of <filename>x64.efi</filename>). This may be used to automatically load file system drivers and + similar, to extend the native firmware support.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> |