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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2019-07-22 14:19:33 +0200 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2019-07-25 18:31:20 +0200 |
| commit | 39867bb9fbeb3c1a421404caa2aa2438bbfdd81b (patch) | |
| tree | 013f7f27da0a67ad184c677840645b3e07f668ac /man/bootctl.xml | |
| parent | c7bb4dfcf43d2799764a1f9115354a594f87435f (diff) | |
| download | systemd-39867bb9fbeb3c1a421404caa2aa2438bbfdd81b.tar.gz | |
man: document the systemd-random-seed rework
Diffstat (limited to 'man/bootctl.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/bootctl.xml | 22 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/bootctl.xml b/man/bootctl.xml index 46b9738b14..28826d621c 100644 --- a/man/bootctl.xml +++ b/man/bootctl.xml @@ -45,15 +45,15 @@ <varlistentry> <term><option>--esp-path=</option></term> <listitem><para>Path to the EFI System Partition (ESP). If not specified, <filename>/efi/</filename>, - <filename>/boot/</filename>, and <filename>/boot/efi</filename> are checked in turn. It is recommended to mount - the ESP to <filename>/efi/</filename>, if possible.</para></listitem> + <filename>/boot/</filename>, and <filename>/boot/efi/</filename> are checked in turn. It is + recommended to mount the ESP to <filename>/efi/</filename>, if possible.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--boot-path=</option></term> <listitem><para>Path to the Extended Boot Loader partition, as defined in the <ulink url="https://systemd.io/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION">Boot Loader Specification</ulink>. If not - specified, <filename>/boot/</filename> are checked. It is recommended to mount the Extended Boot + specified, <filename>/boot/</filename> is checked. It is recommended to mount the Extended Boot Loader partition to <filename>/boot/</filename>, if possible.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -125,6 +125,19 @@ </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>random-seed</option></term> + + <listitem><para>Generates a random seed and stores it in the EFI System Partition, for use by the + <command>systemd-boot</command> boot loader. Also, generates a random 'system token' and stores it + persistently as an EFI variable, if one has not been set before. If the boot loader finds the random + seed in the ESP and the system token in the EFI variable it will derive a random seed to pass to the + OS and a new seed to store in the ESP from the combination of both. The random seed passed to the OS + is credited to the kernel's entropy pool by the system manager during early boot, and permits + userspace to boot up with an entropy pool fully initialized very early on. Also see + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-boot-system-token.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term><option>list</option></term> <listitem><para>Shows all available boot loader entries implementing the <ulink @@ -165,7 +178,8 @@ <para> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-boot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <ulink url="https://systemd.io/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION">Boot Loader Specification</ulink>, - <ulink url="https://systemd.io/BOOT_LOADER_INTERFACE">Boot Loader Interface</ulink> + <ulink url="https://systemd.io/BOOT_LOADER_INTERFACE">Boot Loader Interface</ulink>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-boot-system-token.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> </para> </refsect1> </refentry> |