From 7bdd68800dec88e05334164db1a090c489e2c7d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Clayton Craft Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 16:25:01 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] doc/mkinitfs.1: add design goals --- doc/mkinitfs.1.scd | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/mkinitfs.1.scd b/doc/mkinitfs.1.scd index 913537c..dbf7d34 100644 --- a/doc/mkinitfs.1.scd +++ b/doc/mkinitfs.1.scd @@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ is purely to generate the archive(s). mkinitfs does call *boot-deploy* after creating the archive(s), in order to install/deploy them and any other relevant boot-related items onto the system. +Design goals of this project are: + + - Support as many distros as possible + - Simplify configuration, while still giving multiple opportunities to set or override defaults + - Execute an external app to do any boot install/setup finalization + - One such app is here: https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/boot-deploy + # DEVICEINFO The canonical deviceinfo "specification" is at