X-Git-Url: https://git.ao2.it/kboot-utils.git/blobdiff_plain/a59c14b051419610776cd7c9a35831c8864739ac..HEAD:/README?ds=inline diff --git a/README b/README index 0977b6b..b309005 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,5 +1,11 @@ -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