From 1dc7ca9912bbed8ad2d63b15cfc77d1cd620b149 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 16:55:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] man: document /efi in file-hiearchy(7) We have been supporting the directory since a while in the gpt generator, let's document it in file-hierarchy(7) too --- man/file-hierarchy.xml | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/file-hierarchy.xml b/man/file-hierarchy.xml index f41039b..a0ceb40 100644 --- a/man/file-hierarchy.xml +++ b/man/file-hierarchy.xml @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ /boot The boot partition used for bringing up the system. On EFI systems, this is possibly the EFI System - Partition, also see + Partition (ESP), also see systemd-gpt-auto-generator8. This directory is usually strictly local to the host, and should be considered read-only, except when a new kernel or @@ -84,6 +84,15 @@ + /efi/ + If the boot partition /boot/ is maintained separately from the EFI System + Partition (ESP), the latter is mounted here. Tools that need to operate on the EFI system partition should look + for it at this mount point first, and fall back to /boot/ — if the former doesn't qualify + (for example if it is not a mount point or does not have the correct file system type + MSDOS_SUPER_MAGIC). + + + /etc System-specific configuration. This directory may or may not be read-only. Frequently, this directory is -- 2.7.4