dracut.conf.5.asc: document "compress"

[thirdparty/dracut.git] / dracut.conf.5.asc

diff --git a/dracut.conf.5.asc b/dracut.conf.5.asc
index 599f9f53cf0f0b697de05cab95554b0838180dd3..446a3a5cb8cc364a30b72851729c9995e9f87bd3 100644 (file)
--- a/dracut.conf.5.asc
+++ b/dracut.conf.5.asc
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ dracut.conf - configuration file(s) for dracut
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-_/etc/dracut.conf_ _/etc/dracut.conf.d/*.conf_
+_/etc/dracut.conf_
+_/etc/dracut.conf.d/\*.conf_
 _/usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/*.conf_
 
 Description
@@ -74,6 +75,13 @@ Configuration files must have the extension .conf; other extensions are ignored.
     Specify additional files to include in the initramfs, separated by spaces,
     if they exist.
 
+*compress=*"__{bzip2|lzma|xz|gzip|lzo|lz4|<compressor [args ...]>}__"::
+    Compress the generated initramfs using the passed compression program. If
+    you pass it just the name of a compression program, it will call that
+    program with known-working arguments. If you pass arguments, it will be called
+    with exactly those arguments. Depending on what you pass, this may result in
+    an initramfs that the kernel cannot decompress.
+
 *do_strip=*"__{yes|no}__"::
     Strip binaries in the initramfs (default=yes)