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authormaximilian attems <maks@debian.org>2010-04-10 06:45:36 +0200
committermaximilian attems <maks@debian.org>2010-04-10 06:45:36 +0200
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initramfs-tools.8: document BOOTIF variable
Signed-off-by: maximilian attems <maks@debian.org>
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diff --git a/initramfs-tools.8 b/initramfs-tools.8
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH INITRAMFS-TOOLS 8 "2010/04/08" "Linux" "mkinitramfs script overview"
+.TH INITRAMFS-TOOLS 8 "2010/04/10" "Linux" "mkinitramfs script overview"
.SH NAME
initramfs-tools \- an introduction to writing scripts for mkinitramfs
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ NFS server than the DHCP server. See Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt
in any recent Linux source for details. Optional paramater for NFS root.
.TP
+\fB\fI BOOTIF
+is a mac adress in pxelinux format with leading "01-" and "-" as separations.
+pxelinux passes mac adress of network card used to PXE boot on with this
+bootarg.
+
+.TP
\fB\fI boot
either local or NFS (affects which initramfs scripts are run, see the "Subdirectories" section under boot scripts).