<command>kernel-install</command>
<arg choice="plain">COMMAND</arg>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable></arg>
- <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>KERNEL-IMAGE</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>KERNEL-IMAGE</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>INITRD-FILE</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<para>The following commands are understood:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>add <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable> <replaceable>KERNEL-IMAGE</replaceable></command></term>
+ <term><command>add <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable> <replaceable>KERNEL-IMAGE</replaceable> [<replaceable>INITRD-FILE</replaceable>]</command></term>
<listitem>
- <para><command>kernel-install</command> creates the directory
+ <para>This command expects a kernel version string and a path to a kernel image file as
+ arguments. <command>kernel-install</command> creates the directory
<filename>/boot/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>/<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>/</filename>
- and calls executables from
- <filename>/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename> and
- <filename>/etc/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename> with
- the arguments
- <programlisting>add <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable> \
- <filename>/boot/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>/<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>/</filename> <replaceable>KERNEL-IMAGE</replaceable></programlisting>
+ and calls the executables from <filename>/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename> and
+ <filename>/etc/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename> with the following arguments:
+
+ <programlisting>add <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable> <filename>/boot/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>/<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>/</filename> <replaceable>KERNEL-IMAGE</replaceable> <replaceable>INITRD-FILE</replaceable></programlisting>
</para>
- <para>The kernel-install plugin <filename>50-depmod.install</filename> runs depmod for the <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>.</para>
-
- <para>The kernel-install plugin
- <filename>90-loaderentry.install</filename> copies
- <replaceable>KERNEL-IMAGE</replaceable> to
- <filename>/boot/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>/<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>/linux</filename>.
- It also creates a boot loader entry according to the boot
- loader specification in
- <filename>/boot/loader/entries/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>-<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>.conf</filename>.
- The title of the entry is the
- <replaceable>PRETTY_NAME</replaceable> parameter specified
- in <filename>/etc/os-release</filename> or
- <filename>/usr/lib/os-release</filename> (if the former is
- missing), or "Linux
- <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>", if unset. If
- the file <filename>initrd</filename> is found next to the
- <filename>linux</filename> file, the initrd will be added to
- the configuration.</para>
+ <para>Two default plugins execute the following operations in this case:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem><para><filename>50-depmod.install</filename> runs
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>depmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> for the
+ <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para><filename>90-loaderentry.install</filename> copies <replaceable>KERNEL-IMAGE</replaceable>
+ to
+ <filename>/boot/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>/<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>/linux</filename>.
+ If <replaceable>INITRD-FILE</replaceable> is provided, it also copies <replaceable>INITRD-FILE</replaceable>
+ to
+ <filename>/boot/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>/<replaceable>KERNEL_VERSION</replaceable>/initrd</filename>.
+ It also creates a boot loader entry according to the <ulink
+ url="https://systemd.io/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION">Boot Loader Specification</ulink> in
+ <filename>/boot/loader/entries/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>-<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>.conf</filename>.
+ The title of the entry is the <replaceable>PRETTY_NAME</replaceable> parameter specified in
+ <filename>/etc/os-release</filename> or <filename>/usr/lib/os-release</filename> (if the former is
+ missing), or "Linux <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>", if unset.</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>remove <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable></command></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Calls executables from <filename>/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename>
- and <filename>/etc/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename> with the arguments
+ <para>This command expects a kernel version string as single argument. This calls executables from
+ <filename>/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename> and
+ <filename>/etc/kernel/install.d/*.install</filename> with the following arguments:
+
<programlisting>remove <replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable> <filename>/boot/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>/<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>/</filename></programlisting>
</para>
- <para><command>kernel-install</command> removes the entire directory
- <filename>/boot/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>/<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>/</filename> afterwards.</para>
+ <para>Afterwards, <command>kernel-install</command> removes the directory
+ <filename>/boot/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>/<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>/</filename>
+ and its contents.</para>
+
+ <para>Two default plugins execute the following operations in this case:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem><para><filename>50-depmod.install</filename> removes the files generated by <command>depmod</command> for this kernel again.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para><filename>90-loaderentry.install</filename> removes the file
+ <filename>/boot/loader/entries/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>-<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>.conf</filename>.</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
- <para>The kernel-install plugin <filename>90-loaderentry.install</filename> removes the file
- <filename>/boot/loader/entries/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>-<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>.conf</filename>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<filename>/proc/cmdline</filename>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>The content of the file <filename>/etc/kernel/cmdline</filename> specifies the kernel command line to use.
- If that file does not exist, <filename>/proc/cmdline</filename> is used.</para>
+ <para>Read by <filename>90-loaderentry.install</filename>. The content of the file
+ <filename>/etc/kernel/cmdline</filename> specifies the kernel command line to use. If that file does not
+ exist, <filename>/proc/cmdline</filename> is used.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <filename>/etc/kernel/tries</filename>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Read by <filename>90-loaderentry.install</filename>. If this file exists a numeric value is read from
+ it and the naming of the generated entry file is slightly altered to include it as
+ <filename>/boot/loader/entries/<replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>-<replaceable>KERNEL-VERSION</replaceable>+<replaceable>TRIES</replaceable>.conf</filename>. This
+ is useful for boot loaders such as
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-boot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> which
+ implement boot attempt counting with a counter embedded in the entry file name.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>os-release</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>depmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-boot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<ulink url="https://systemd.io/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION">Boot Loader Specification</ulink>
</para>
</refsect1>
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