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| author | Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@suse.de> | 2022-08-10 14:21:50 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@suse.de> | 2022-08-11 13:32:55 +0200 |
| commit | 9c28539a950851055552b0255a73c0fae45dcea5 (patch) | |
| tree | fdef8eef7cec47ccd7900b1c52a61bb45f645f3b /docs/CREDENTIALS.md | |
| parent | ff86850b304f635297829c7d12208b96c10fa48f (diff) | |
| download | systemd-9c28539a950851055552b0255a73c0fae45dcea5.tar.gz | |
docs: mention qemu fw_cfg size limitation
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diff --git a/docs/CREDENTIALS.md b/docs/CREDENTIALS.md index 4ba3784469..f0d9865829 100644 --- a/docs/CREDENTIALS.md +++ b/docs/CREDENTIALS.md @@ -266,7 +266,8 @@ services where they are ultimately consumed. three of these specific switches would set credential `foo` to `bar`.) Passing credentials via the SMBIOS mechanism is typically preferable over `fw_cfg` since it is faster and less specific to the chosen VMM - implementation. + implementation. Moreover, `fw_cfg` has a 55 character limitation + on names passed that way. So some settings may not fit. 3. Credentials can also be passed into a system via the kernel command line, via the `systemd.set-credential=` kernel command line option. Note though |