Bug#566642: s390-tools: Document 'optional' option in zipl.conf man page
Package: s390-tools
Version: 1.6.2-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
The 'optional' option is currently undocumented. Please find attached a
proposed patch.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: s390
Kernel: Linux 2.6.33-rc5 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages s390-tools depends on:
ii libc6 2.10.2-5 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
s390-tools recommends no packages.
s390-tools suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- s390-tools-1.6.2.orig/zipl/man/zipl.conf.5
+++ s390-tools-1.6.2/zipl/man/zipl.conf.5
@@ -349,6 +349,22 @@
.BR 'segment' .
.PP
+.B optional
+=
+.IR 0 / 1
+(configuration only)
+.IP
+.B Configuration section:
+.br
+If this option is set to 1 the configuration section will only be included in
+the boot menu if the referenced image file exists, and running
+.BR zipl
+will not fail if the image file is missing.
+
+The default value for
+.B 'optional'
+is 0.
+
.B parameters
=
.I kernel\-parameters
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