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authorThomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org>2020-07-16 20:22:57 +0200
committerThomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org>2020-07-16 20:34:28 +0200
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linuxrc: Add gk.userinteraction.disabled
When this option is set and enabled, genkernel initramfs will not prompt on errors, i.e. this will disable any user interaction, e.g. for a kiosk system. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/730966 Signed-off-by: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org>
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@@ -835,6 +835,14 @@ genkernel's initramfs will only mount root filesystem by default. If you
want to store the log file in '/var/log/genkernel-boot.log' for example
make sure that this mountpoint is accessible, see *initramfs.mounts*.
+*gk.userinteraction.disabled*=<...>::
+By default, genkernel will prompt on errors. In case this is not wanted
+or desired, e.g. for a kiosk system, this boolean option will disable
+any prompting, including the rescue shell.
+
+NOTE: Because no user interaction is possible when this option is set,
+system will automatically reboot on error after a timeout.
+
*noload*=<...>::
List of modules to skip loading.
Separate using commas or spaces.