diff --git a/man/systemd-boot.xml b/man/systemd-boot.xml index cc4504926c..0da919b127 100644 --- a/man/systemd-boot.xml +++ b/man/systemd-boot.xml @@ -429,13 +429,15 @@ LoaderDevicePartUUID - Contains the partition UUID of the EFI System Partition the boot loader was run from. Set by - the boot - loader. systemd-gpt-auto-generator8 - uses this information to automatically find the disk booted from, in order to discover various other partitions - on the same disk automatically. + Contains the partition UUID of the partition the boot loader has been started from on + the current boot (usually a EFI System Partition). Set by the boot loader. (Note that + systemd-stub will set this too, if not set yet, to support systems that directly + boot into a unified kernel image, bypassing any boot loader.) + systemd-gpt-auto-generator8 + uses this information to automatically find the disk booted from, in order to discover various other + partitions on the same disk automatically. - + @@ -516,12 +518,15 @@ LoaderImageIdentifier - The path of executable of the boot loader used for the current boot, relative to the EFI System - Partition's root directory. Set by the boot loader. Use - bootctl1 to view this - data. + The file system path to the EFI executable of the boot loader for the current boot, + relative to the partition's root directory (i.e. relative to the partition indicated by + LoaderDevicePartUUID, see above). Set by the boot loader. (Note that + systemd-stub will set this too, if not set yet, to support systems that directly + boot into a unified kernel image, bypassing any boot loader.) Use + bootctl1 to view + this data. - +