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StopkaPeter

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From: Slovakia

Registered: 2019-05-20

Posts: 31

Purpose has different paths for kernel cmdline

While reading the Arch Wiki and other sources, I noticed there are four paths where and how to set the kernel cmdline:

• /etc/cmdline

• /etc/cmdline.d/*.conf

• /etc/kernel/cmdline

• /etc/kernel/cmdline.d/*.conf

If I read correctly and understand the informations correctly, /etc/cmdline is a single configuration file and has a higher priority than the configuration files in /etc/cmdline.d/*.conf, where all the files are merged into one configuration during the creation of the initramfs or UKI. Then, /etc/kernel/cmdline and /etc/kernel/cmdline.d/*.conf are essentially the same thing. So, what is the purpose of this separation?

Last edited by StopkaPeter (2024-12-23 21:56:31)

corpest

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Registered: 2024-12-21

Posts: 10

Re: Purpose has different paths for kernel cmdline

Not really if this is the true reason, but I'd say it's about maintenance and organization, it's also probably just more flexible.

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