Some lines in dracut's manpage are just too long for justified display on 80c terminals. These small corrections fix this. In addition man --warnings does not complain anymore about anything at all. --- dracut.8 | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/dracut.8 b/dracut.8 index 851a5ce..8303fd0 100644 --- a/dracut.8 +++ b/dracut.8 @@ -104,8 +104,9 @@ root filesystem. .B init=<path to real init> .TP .B root=<path to blockdevice> -specify e.g. \fI/dev/sda1\fR or -\fI/dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.1-scsi-0:0:1:0-part1\fR +specify blockdevice to use as root filesystem. +e.g. \fI/dev/sda1\fR +e.g. \fI/dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.1-scsi-0:0:1:0-part1\fR .TP .B rootfstype=<filesystem type> "auto" if not specified, e.g. \fIrootfstype=ext3\fR @@ -120,7 +121,9 @@ do not honor special mount options for the root filesystem found in /etc/fstab of the real root. .SH I18N +.ad l e.g. LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYTABLE=de-latin1-nodeadkeys +.ad .TP .B KEYBOARDTYPE=sun|pc will be written to /etc/sysconfig/keyboard in the initramfs @@ -200,6 +203,7 @@ to the specified values .TP .B rd_ZFCP=<zfcp adaptor device bus ID>,<WWPN>,<FCPLUN> rd_ZFCP can be specified multiple times on the kernel command line. + example: rd_ZFCP=0.0.4000,0x5005076300C213e9,0x5022000000000000 .TP .B rd_NO_ZFCPCONF @@ -208,9 +212,9 @@ ignore zfcp.conf included in the initramfs .SH CCW .TP .B rd_CCW=<nettype>,<subchannels>,<options> -rd_CCW can be specified multiple times on the kernel command line. -e.g. rd_CCW=qeth,0.0.0600,0.0.0601,0.0.0602,layer2=1,portname=foo -e.g. rd_CCW=ctc,0.0.0600,0.0.0601,0.0.0602,protocol=bar +rd_CCW can be specified multiple times on the kernel command line. Examples: + rd_CCW=qeth,0.0.0600,0.0.0601,0.0.0602,layer2=1,portname=foo + rd_CCW=ctc,0.0.0600,0.0.0601,0.0.0602,protocol=bar .SH DHCP .TP .B root=dhcp @@ -244,7 +248,7 @@ Set the NFSv4 domain name. Will overwrite the settings in /etc/idmap.conf. .SH iSCSI .TP -.B root=iscsi:[username:password[reverse:password]@][<servername>]:[<protocol>]:[<port>]:[<LUN>]:<targetname> +.B root=iscsi:[username:password[:reverse:password]@][<servername>]:[<protocol>]:[<port>]:[<LUN>]:<targetname> protocol defaults to "6", LUN defaults to "0". If the "servername" field is provided by BOOTP or DHCP, then that @@ -261,10 +265,15 @@ http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4173 e.g. root=iscsi:192.168.50.1::::iqn.2009-06.dracut:target0 .TP .B root=??? netroot=iscsi:[username:password[:reverse:password]@][<servername>]:[<protocol>]:[<port>]:[<LUN>]:<targetname> ... +.ad l multiple netroot options allow setting up multiple iscsi disks e.g. - root=UUID=12424547 netroot=iscsi:192.168.50.1::::iqn.2009-06.dracut:target0 netroot=iscsi:192.168.50.1::::iqn.2009-06.dracut:target1 -.B not yet implemented + root=UUID=12424547 + netroot=iscsi:192.168.50.1::::iqn.2009-06.dracut:target0 + netroot=iscsi:192.168.50.1::::iqn.2009-06.dracut:target1 + +.B not yet implemented! +.ad .TP .B root=??? iscsi_initiator= iscsi_target_name= iscsi_target_ip= iscsi_target_port= iscsi_target_group= iscsi_username= iscsi_password= iscsi_in_username= iscsi_in_password= .TP @@ -284,13 +293,11 @@ the MAC-address must be lowercase! mount nbd share from <server> .TP .B root=dhcp - with dhcp root-path=nbd:<server>:<port>[:<fstype>][:<mountopts>] +with dhcp root-path=nbd:<server>:<port>[:<fstype>][:<mountopts>] root=dhcp alone directs initrd to look at the DHCP root-path where NBD options can be specified. This syntax is only usable in cases where you are directly mounting the volume as the rootfs. .SH Network -.TP bootdev=<interface> -.B specify the network interface to boot from .TP .B ip={dhcp|on|any} get ip from dhcp server from all interfaces. If root=dhcp, loop sequentially through all interfaces (eth0, eth1, ...) and use the first with a valid DHCP root-path. @@ -298,7 +305,9 @@ get ip from dhcp server from all interfaces. If root=dhcp, loop sequentially thr .B ip=<interface>:{dhcp|on|any} get ip from dhcp server on a specific interface .TP -.B ip=<client-IP-number>:[<server-id>]:<gateway-IP-number>:<netmask>:<client-hostname>:<interface>:{none|off} +.ad l +.B ip=<client-IP>:[<server-id>]:<gateway-IP>:<netmask>:<client\%hostname>:<interface>:{none|off} +.ad explicit network configuration .TP .B ifname=<interface>:<MAC> @@ -306,6 +315,9 @@ Assign network device name <interface> (ie eth0) to the NIC with MAC <MAC>. Note letters in the MAC-address must be lowercase! Note that if you use this option you \fBmust\fR specify an ifname= argument for all interfaces used in ip= or fcoe= arguments +.TP +.B bootdev=<interface> +specify network interface to use routing and netroot information from. Required if multiple ip= lines are used. .SH Plymouth Boot Splash .TP @@ -331,7 +343,7 @@ set -x for the dracut shell and logs to dmesg, console and /init.log .B rdbreak drop to a shell at the end .TP -.B rdbreak={cmdline|pre-udev|pre-trigger|initqueue|pre-mount|mount|pre-pivot} +.B rdbreak={cmdline | pre-udev | pre-trigger | initqueue | pre-mount | mount | pre-pivot} drop to a shell on defined breakpoint .TP .B rdudevinfo -- 1.6.5.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe initramfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html