<varlistentry>
<term><varname>vmm.notify_socket</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Contains a <constant>AF_VSOCK</constant> or <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> address where to
- send a <constant>READY=1</constant> notification datagram when the system has finished booting. See
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_notify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
- more information. Note that in case the hypervisor does not support <constant>SOCK_DGRAM</constant>
- over <constant>AF_VSOCK</constant>, <constant>SOCK_SEQPACKET</constant> will be tried instead. The
- credential payload for <constant>AF_VSOCK</constant> should be in the form
- <literal>vsock:CID:PORT</literal>.</para>
-
- <para>This feature is useful for hypervisors/VMMs or other processes on the host to receive a
- notification via VSOCK when a virtual machine has finished booting.</para>
+ <para>Configures an
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_notify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ compatible <constant>AF_VSOCK</constant> socket the service manager will report status information,
+ ready notification and exit status on. For details see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>kernel-command-line</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</refsect1>
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>System credentials</title>
+
+ <para>The service manager when run as PID 1 reads the following system credentials:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>vmm.notify_socket</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Contains a <constant>AF_VSOCK</constant> or <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> address where to
+ send a <constant>READY=1</constant> notification datagram when the system has finished booting. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_notify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ more information. Note that in case the hypervisor does not support <constant>SOCK_DGRAM</constant>
+ over <constant>AF_VSOCK</constant>, <constant>SOCK_SEQPACKET</constant> will be tried instead. The
+ credential payload for <constant>AF_VSOCK</constant> should be in the form
+ <literal>vsock:CID:PORT</literal>.</para>
+
+ <para>This feature is useful for hypervisors/VMMs or other processes on the host to receive a
+ notification via VSOCK when a virtual machine has finished booting.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>