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authorBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>2018-07-18 20:52:24 +0100
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>2018-07-18 20:52:24 +0100
commit577c94e98829cacee5f10cc80482c17c81477f68 (patch)
tree776c404655fba084f9c4aafaf71e02163c6cb8bb
parent54367c04c56cec71bda6e13fd10f8c2d9a1b4493 (diff)
initramfs.conf: Update documentation of the DEVICE variable
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
-rw-r--r--conf/initramfs.conf2
-rw-r--r--initramfs.conf.53
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/conf/initramfs.conf b/conf/initramfs.conf
index 971cea4..dd76996 100644
--- a/conf/initramfs.conf
+++ b/conf/initramfs.conf
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ COMPRESS=gzip
# DEVICE: ...
#
# Specify a specific network interface, like eth0
-# Overridden by optional ip= bootarg
+# Overridden by optional ip= or BOOTIF= bootarg
#
DEVICE=
diff --git a/initramfs.conf.5 b/initramfs.conf.5
index 569834c..2a61796 100644
--- a/initramfs.conf.5
+++ b/initramfs.conf.5
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ Set it to \fInone\fP to disable resume from disk.
.SH VARIABLES FOR NFS BOOT
.TP
\fB DEVICE
-Specifies the network interface, like eth0.
+Specifies the default network interface to use, like eth0. The \fIip\fP or
+\fIBOOTIF\fP bootargs may override this.
.TP
\fB ROOT