X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=96fdc5f3152462649190cff3d1038ac6fd4c0f50;hp=b2a6dc3ecf4e90b49d70fa05acd4eb6ead5156d8;hb=530add9d622fcd0a4ea70e0657ed4596d40f1e8f;hpb=67d6a9abac34c2c15857c6ad459a5d381e2a7454;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/README b/README index b2a6dc3ec..96fdc5f31 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ AUTHOR: Lennart Poettering with major support from Kay Sievers REQUIREMENTS: - Linux kernel >= 2.6.30 (with autofs4, devtmpfs, cgroups, ipv6) + Linux kernel >= 2.6.30 (with devtmpfs, cgroups; optional but strongly recommended: autofs4, ipv6) libudev >= 163 dbus >= 1.4.0 libcap @@ -47,10 +47,40 @@ REQUIREMENTS: automake autoconf libtool + make, gcc, and similar tools During runtime you need the following dependencies: util-linux > v2.18 (requires fsck -l, agetty -s) - sulogin (from sysvinit-tools) + sulogin (from sysvinit-tools, optional but recommended) plymouth (optional) dracut (optional) + +WARNINGS: + systemd will warn you during boot if /etc/mtab is not a + symlink to /proc/mounts. Please ensure that /etc/mtab is a + proper symlink. + + systemd will warn you during boot if /usr is on a different + file system than /. While in systemd itself very little will + break if /usr is on a separate partition many of its + dependencies very likely will break sooner or later in one + form or another. For example udev rules tend to refer to + binaries in /usr, binaries that link to libraries in /usr or + binaries that refer to data files in /usr. Since these + breakages are not always directly visible systemd will warn + about this, since this kind of file system setup is not really + supported anymore by the basic set of Linux OS components. + + For more information on this issue consult + http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken + +ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING SERVICES: + ProFUSION offers professional + engineering and consulting services for systemd for embedded + and other use. Please contact Gustavo Barbieri + for more information. + + Disclaimer: This notice is not a recommendation or official + endorsement. However, ProFUSION's upstream work has been very + beneficial for the systemd project.