From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QU1jb-00067o-W2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:14:40 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1CE701C00A; Tue, 7 Jun 2011 19:14:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB34E1C00A for ; Tue, 7 Jun 2011 19:14:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pelican.gentoo.org (unknown [66.219.59.40]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 60BE61B4019 for ; Tue, 7 Jun 2011 19:14:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pelican.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6B968003C for ; Tue, 7 Jun 2011 19:14:30 +0000 (UTC) From: "Sebastian Pipping" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Sebastian Pipping" Message-ID: <6051fcf1ee05cb14171b27dd25d5532f08dbc5b3.sping@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/genkernel:master commit in: /, doc/ X-VCS-Repository: proj/genkernel X-VCS-Files: ChangeLog doc/genkernel.8.txt X-VCS-Directories: / doc/ X-VCS-Committer: sping X-VCS-Committer-Name: Sebastian Pipping X-VCS-Revision: 6051fcf1ee05cb14171b27dd25d5532f08dbc5b3 Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 19:14:30 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 1f268fe9975ab35c879a2af884cabede commit: 6051fcf1ee05cb14171b27dd25d5532f08dbc5b3 Author: Sebastian Pipping pipping org> AuthorDate: Tue Jun 7 19:13:50 2011 +0000 Commit: Sebastian Pipping gentoo org> CommitDate: Tue Jun 7 19:13:50 2011 +0000 URL: http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=3Dproj/genkernel.git= ;a=3Dcommit;h=3D6051fcf1 Document most undocumented boot parameters (bug #370369) --- ChangeLog | 3 ++ doc/genkernel.8.txt | 78 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++= ++++++ 2 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 62e1249..b136d87 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ # $Id$ =20 07 Jun 2011; Sebastian Pipping doc/genkernel.8.txt: + Document most undocumented boot parameters (bug #370369) + + 07 Jun 2011; Sebastian Pipping doc/genkernel.8.txt: Docs: Fix mixup of boot parameters real_init=3D and init_opts=3D =20 04 Jun 2011; Sebastian Pipping genkernel.conf, diff --git a/doc/genkernel.8.txt b/doc/genkernel.8.txt index 73f9697..fac87ab 100644 --- a/doc/genkernel.8.txt +++ b/doc/genkernel.8.txt @@ -452,6 +452,84 @@ which the ramdisk scripts would recognize. This can be useful when support for ext2/ext3/ext4 are in competition. Default is "auto". =20 +*docache*:: +*nocache*:: + Enables/disables caching of CD contents in RAM. + +*root*=3D<...>:: + Omit or specify as "/dev/ram0". + For other values be sure to know what you're doing. + +*subdir*=3D<...>:: + switch_root into "/" instead of "/". + is "/newroot" (or "/union") usually. + +*debug*:: + Drop into a debug shell early in the process. + +*noload*=3D<...>:: + List of modules to skip loading. + Separate using commas or spaces. + +*nodetect*:: + Skipping scanning modules using "modprobe -n". + Use *doload=3D* for specifying a whitelist of exceptions. + +*doload*=3D<...>:: + List of modules to load despite *nodetect*. + +*domodules*:: +*nomodules*:: + Enables/disables loading of modules in general. + +*CONSOLE*=3D<...>:: +*console*=3D<...>:: + Override location of console, default is "/dev/console". + +*part*=3D<...>:: + Specify part for mdadm to start. This is the relevant code in mdsta= rt: +------------------------------------------ + fd =3D open("/dev/md", 0, 0); + ioctl(fd, RAID_AUTORUN, ); +------------------------------------------ + +*iscsi_initiatorname*=3D<...>:: +*iscsi_target*=3D<...>:: +*iscsi_tgpt*=3D<...>:: +*iscsi_address*=3D<...>:: +*iscsi_port*=3D<...>:: +*iscsi_username*=3D<...>:: +*iscsi_password*=3D<...>:: +*iscsi_username_in*=3D<...>:: +*iscsi_password_in*=3D<...>:: +*iscsi_debug*=3D<...>:: +*iscsi_noibft*:: + Specify iSCSI parameters. + +*unionfs*:: +*nounionfs*:: + Enables/disables UnionFS. + +*real_rootflags*=3D<...>:: + Additional flags to mount the real root system with. + For expamle *real_rootflags*=3Dnoatime would make "-o ro,noatime". + +*real_resume*=3D<...>:: +*resume*=3D<...>:: +*noresume*:: + TO BE DOCUMENTED + +*cdroot*[=3D<...>]:: +*cdroot_type*=3D<...>:: + TO BE DOCUMENTED + +*loop*=3D<...>:: +*looptype*=3D<...>:: + TO BE DOCUMENTED + +*isoboot*=3D<...>:: + TO BE DOCUMENTED + =20 NETBOOTING ----------