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-Helper tools to automatically generate a kboot.conf from entries in /boot
+kboot-utils provides helper tools to automatically generate a kboot.conf file 
+from entries in /boot.
 
-The kboot.conf file can be read by the petitboot  bootloader which is used for 
-instance on the Sony Playstation 3 in OtherOS mode in order to list kernels to 
-boot.
+kboot.conf is used for instance by the petitboot bootloader, which is used on 
+the Sony PlayStation 3 in OtherOS mode; petitboot reads the file from the root 
+filesystem in order to list kernels to boot.
+
+A description of the kboot.conf file format can be found at:
+http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/cell/ps3-linux-docs/ps3-linux-docs-latest/mini-boot-conf.txt
+mirrored at:
+http://ring.nict.go.jp/pub/linux/kernel.org/kernel/people/geoff/cell/ps3-linux-docs/ps3-linux-docs-latest/mini-boot-conf.txt