MKINITCPIO.CONF(5) mkinitcpio manual MKINITCPIO.CONF(5)NAMEmkinitcpio.conf - mkinitcpio configuration file
SYNOPSIS
/etc/mkinitcpio.conf
DESCRIPTION
mkinitcpio will attempt to read from a config file each time it is
invoked, ‘/etc/mkinitcpio.conf’ by default. This file defines several
variables which describe the contents of the image to be generated.
VARIABLES
MODULES
Defines additional modules, space delimited, which should be added
to the image. Dependencies (including other modules and necessary
firmware), will also be added to the image. At runtime, the modules
in this array which were successfully added to the image will be
explicitly loaded.
FILES
Defines additional files, space delimited, which should be added to
the image. Files are added as is, and parent directories will be
added if needed. Files specified in this variable will override
previously added files of the same path.
BINARIES
Defines additional binaries, space delimited, which should be added
to the image. These are assumed to be dynamic ELF binaries, and
necessary shared library dependencies will automatically be added.
However, it is not considered an error to specify a non-ELF binary
in this variable. Parent directories will be added if needed. Files
specified in this variable will override previously added files of
the same path.
HOOKS
This variable defines the hooks which will be run during the build
process. Order is important, as it defines the order in which hooks
will be run during bootup. Use mkinitcpio’s -L flag to list all
available hooks, and the -H flag to display the help text for a
specific hook.
COMPRESSION
Defines a program to filter the generated image through. As of
linux 2.6.38, the kernel understands the compression formats
yielded by the gzip, bzip2, lz4, lzop, lzma, and xz compressors. If
unspecified, this setting defaults to gzip compression. In order to
create an uncompressed image, define this variable as cat.
It’s not hard to realize that a filter such as a tac or rev will
cause mkinitcpio to report success but generate a useless image.
Similarly, using a compression program not listed above may
generate an equally useless image, despite being "valid".
COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
Defines additional options to be passed to the compression program.
This option is generally not used. It can be potentially dangerous
and may cause invalid images to be generated without any sign of an
error.
SEE ALSOmkinitcpio(8)AUTHORS
mkinitcpio is created and maintained by the Arch Linux Developer
community.
COPYRIGHT
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