[lxc-devel] [PATCH] doc/lxc.conf minor clarifications

Serge Hallyn serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com
Thu May 16 02:08:48 UTC 2013


Quoting Dwight Engen (dwight.engen at oracle.com):
> Signed-off-by: Dwight Engen <dwight.engen at oracle.com>

Acked-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com>

> ---
>  doc/lxc.conf.sgml.in | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/lxc.conf.sgml.in b/doc/lxc.conf.sgml.in
> index 0a5a52a..509ca2d 100644
> --- a/doc/lxc.conf.sgml.in
> +++ b/doc/lxc.conf.sgml.in
> @@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
>      <para>
>        The configuration file defines the different system resources to
>        be assigned for the container. At present, the utsname, the
> -      network, the mount points, the root file system and the control
> -      groups are supported.
> +      network, the mount points, the root file system, the user namespace,
> +      and the control groups are supported.
>      </para>
>  
>      <para>
> @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
>        <para>
>  	Allows to set the architecture for the container. For example,
>  	set a 32bits architecture for a container running 32bits
> -	binaries on a 64bits host. That fix the container scripts
> +	binaries on a 64bits host. This fixes the container scripts
>  	which rely on the architecture to do some work like
>  	downloading the packages.
>        </para>
> @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
>  	      specify an action to do for the
>  	      network.
>  	    </para>
> -	
> +
>  	    <para><option>up:</option> activates the interface.
>  	    </para>
>  	  </listitem>
> @@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
>        <para>
>  	If the container is configured with a root filesystem and the
>  	inittab file is setup to use the console, you may want to specify
> -	where goes the output of this console.
> +	where the output of this console goes.
>        </para>
>        <variablelist>
>  	<varlistentry>
> @@ -471,14 +471,14 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
>      <refsect2>
>        <title>Console through the ttys</title>
>        <para>
> -	If the container is configured with a root filesystem and the
> -	inittab file is setup to launch a getty on the ttys. This
> -	option will specify the number of ttys to be available for the
> -	container. The number of getty in the inittab file of the
> -	container should not be greater than the number of ttys
> -	specified in this configuration file, otherwise the excess
> -	getty sessions will die and respawn indefinitly giving
> -	annoying messages on the console.
> +	This option is useful if the container is configured with a root
> +	filesystem and the inittab file is setup to launch a getty on the
> +	ttys. The option specifies the number of ttys to be available for
> +	the container. The number of gettys in the inittab file of the
> +	container should not be greater than the number of ttys	specified
> +	in this option, otherwise the excess getty sessions will die and
> +	respawn indefinitely giving annoying messages on the console or in
> +	<filename>/var/log/messages</filename>.
>        </para>
>        <variablelist>
>  	<varlistentry>
> @@ -590,13 +590,20 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
>  	    <para>
>  	      specify a file location in
>  	      the <filename>fstab</filename> format, containing the
> -	      mount informations. If the rootfs is an image file or a
> -	      device block and the fstab is used to mount a point
> +	      mount information. If the rootfs is an image file or a
> +	      block device and the fstab is used to mount a point
>  	      somewhere in this rootfs, the path of the rootfs mount
>  	      point should be prefixed with the
>  	      <filename>@LXCROOTFSMOUNT@</filename> default path or
>  	      the value of <option>lxc.rootfs.mount</option> if
> -	      specified.
> +	      specified. Note that when mounting a filesystem from an
> +	      image file or block device the third field (fs_vfstype)
> +	      cannot be auto as with
> +              <citerefentry>
> +		<refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle>
> +                <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
> +              </citerefentry>
> +              but must be explicitly specified.
>  	    </para>
>  	  </listitem>
>  	</varlistentry>
> -- 
> 1.8.1.4
> 
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