systemd/man/kernel-command-line.xml
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek 72ccee50d0 man: move description of kernel vconsole.conf overrides to vconsole.conf(5)
They were outdated, and this way it's less likely that they'll get out of sync
again. Anyway, it's easier for the reader to have the kernel and config file
options next to one another.
2016-07-31 22:52:04 -04:00

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<refentry id="kernel-command-line">
<refentryinfo>
<title>kernel-command-line</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<contrib>Developer</contrib>
<firstname>Lennart</firstname>
<surname>Poettering</surname>
<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
</author>
</authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>kernel-command-line</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>kernel-command-line</refname>
<refpurpose>Kernel command line parameters</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<para><filename>/proc/cmdline</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>The kernel, the initial RAM disk (initrd) and
basic userspace functionality may be configured at boot via
kernel command line arguments.</para>
<para>For command line parameters understood by the kernel, please
see <ulink
url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt"><filename>kernel-parameters.txt</filename></ulink>
and
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>bootparam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
<para>For command line parameters understood by the initial RAM
disk, please see
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>dracut.cmdline</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
or the documentation of the specific initrd implementation of your
installation.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Core OS Command Line Arguments</title>
<variablelist class='kernel-commandline-options'>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>systemd.unit=</varname></term>
<term><varname>rd.systemd.unit=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.dump_core=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.crash_chvt=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.crash_shell=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.crash_reboot=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.confirm_spawn=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.show_status=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.log_target=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.log_level=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.log_color=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.log_location=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.default_standard_output=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.default_standard_error=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.setenv=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.machine_id=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Parameters understood by the system and service
manager to control system behavior. For details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>systemd.mask=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.wants=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.debug-shell</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Additional parameters understood by
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-debug-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
to mask or start specific units at boot, or invoke a debug
shell on tty9.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>systemd.restore_state=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>This parameter is understood by several system tools
to control whether or not they should restore system state
from the previous boot. For details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-backlight@.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
and
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-rfkill.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>quiet</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Parameter understood by both the kernel and the system
and service manager to control console log verbosity. For
details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>debug</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Parameter understood by both the kernel and the system
and service manager to control console log verbosity. For
details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>-b</varname></term>
<term><varname>rd.emergency</varname></term>
<term><varname>emergency</varname></term>
<term><varname>rd.rescue</varname></term>
<term><varname>rescue</varname></term>
<term><varname>single</varname></term>
<term><varname>s</varname></term>
<term><varname>S</varname></term>
<term><varname>1</varname></term>
<term><varname>2</varname></term>
<term><varname>3</varname></term>
<term><varname>4</varname></term>
<term><varname>5</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Parameters understood by the system and service
manager, as compatibility and convenience options. For details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>locale.LANG=</varname></term>
<term><varname>locale.LANGUAGE=</varname></term>
<term><varname>locale.LC_CTYPE=</varname></term>
<term><varname>locale.LC_NUMERIC=</varname></term>
<term><varname>locale.LC_TIME=</varname></term>
<term><varname>locale.LC_COLLATE=</varname></term>
<term><varname>locale.LC_MONETARY=</varname></term>
<term><varname>locale.LC_MESSAGES=</varname></term>
<term><varname>locale.LC_PAPER=</varname></term>
<term><varname>locale.LC_NAME=</varname></term>
<term><varname>locale.LC_ADDRESS=</varname></term>
<term><varname>locale.LC_TELEPHONE=</varname></term>
<term><varname>locale.LC_MEASUREMENT=</varname></term>
<term><varname>locale.LC_IDENTIFICATION=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Parameters understood by the system and service
manager to control locale and language settings. For
details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>fsck.mode=</varname></term>
<term><varname>fsck.repair=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Parameters understood by the file system checker
services. For details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fsck@.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>quotacheck.mode=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Parameter understood by the file quota checker
service. For details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-quotacheck.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>systemd.journald.forward_to_syslog=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.journald.forward_to_kmsg=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.journald.forward_to_console=</varname></term>
<term><varname>systemd.journald.forward_to_wall=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Parameters understood by the journal service. For
details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>vconsole.keymap=</varname></term>
<term><varname>vconsole.keymap_toggle=</varname></term>
<term><varname>vconsole.font=</varname></term>
<term><varname>vconsole.font_map=</varname></term>
<term><varname>vconsole.font_unimap=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Parameters understood by the virtual console setup logic. For details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>udev.log-priority=</varname></term>
<term><varname>rd.udev.log-priority=</varname></term>
<term><varname>udev.children-max=</varname></term>
<term><varname>rd.udev.children-max=</varname></term>
<term><varname>udev.exec-delay=</varname></term>
<term><varname>rd.udev.exec-delay=</varname></term>
<term><varname>udev.event-timeout=</varname></term>
<term><varname>rd.udev.event-timeout=</varname></term>
<term><varname>net.ifnames=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Parameters understood by the device event managing
daemon. For details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-udevd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>plymouth.enable=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>May be used to disable the Plymouth boot splash. For
details, see
<citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>plymouth</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>luks=</varname></term>
<term><varname>rd.luks=</varname></term>
<term><varname>luks.crypttab=</varname></term>
<term><varname>rd.luks.crypttab=</varname></term>
<term><varname>luks.name=</varname></term>
<term><varname>rd.luks.name=</varname></term>
<term><varname>luks.uuid=</varname></term>
<term><varname>rd.luks.uuid=</varname></term>
<term><varname>luks.options=</varname></term>
<term><varname>rd.luks.options=</varname></term>
<term><varname>luks.key=</varname></term>
<term><varname>rd.luks.key=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Configures the LUKS full-disk encryption logic at
boot. For details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-cryptsetup-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>fstab=</varname></term>
<term><varname>rd.fstab=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Configures the <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> logic
at boot. For details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>root=</varname></term>
<term><varname>rootfstype=</varname></term>
<term><varname>rootflags=</varname></term>
<term><varname>ro</varname></term>
<term><varname>rw</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Configures the root file system and its file system
type and mount options, as well as whether it shall be
mounted read-only or read-writable initially. For details,
see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>systemd.gpt_auto=</varname></term>
<term><varname>rd.systemd.gpt_auto=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Configures whether GPT based partition auto-discovery
shall be attempted. For details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-gpt-auto-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>systemd.default_timeout_start_sec=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Overwrites the default start job timeout <varname>DefaultTimeoutStartSec=</varname> at boot. For details,
see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-system.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>modules-load=</varname></term>
<term><varname>rd.modules-load=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Load a specific kernel module early at boot. For
details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-modules-load.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>resume=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Enables resume from hibernation using the specified
device. All
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>-like
paths are supported. For details, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-hibernate-resume-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>bootparam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>dracut.cmdline</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-debug-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fsck@.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-quotacheck.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-journald.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-udevd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>plymouth</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-cryptsetup-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-gpt-auto-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-modules-load.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-backlight@.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-rfkill.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-hibernate-resume-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>