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authorLaurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org>2019-04-29 00:06:26 +0000
committerLaurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org>2019-04-29 00:06:26 +0000
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-d slashdev, not -d dev_type! Fix and update the doc.
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@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ machine</em>. If it is not the case, the system will fail to boot.
[ -p <em>initial_path</em> ] \
[ -m <em>initial_umask</em> ] \
[ -t <em>timestamp_style</em> ] \
- [ -d <em>dev_style</em> ] \
+ [ -d <em>slashdev</em> ] \
[ -s <em>env_store</em> ] \
[ -e <em>initial_envvar</em> ] ... \
[ -q <em>finalsleeptime</em> ] \
@@ -206,11 +206,13 @@ timestamp, 1 means
and 3 means both. Default is
<strong><tt>1</tt></strong>. </li> <p />
- <li> <tt>-d</tt>&nbsp;<em>dev_style</em>&nbsp;: how <tt>/dev</tt> is
-handled on this system. 0 means a static <tt>/dev</tt>, 1 means
-devtmpfs but not automounted by the kernel at boot time, and 2 means
-devtmpfs automounted by the kernel at boot time. Default is
-<strong><tt>2</tt></strong>. </li> <p />
+ <li> <tt>-d</tt>&nbsp;<em>slashdev</em>&nbsp;: mount a devtmpfs.
+If this option is given, <a href="s6-linux-init.html">s6-linux-init</a>
+will mount a devtmpfs pseudo-filesystem on <em>slashdev</em>. This
+is useful if the kernel has not been configured to mount
+the devtmpfs at boot time and there is no static <tt>/dev</tt>.
+By default, it is assumed that there is a suitable <tt>/dev</tt>
+at boot time, and no additional devtmpfs is mounted. </li> <p />
<li> <tt>-s</tt>&nbsp;<em>env_store</em>&nbsp;: stage 1 init sometimes
inherits a few environment variables from the kernel. (These variables