bootpart-uefi-x86_64: expand docs

2025-06-02 07:37:56 +00:00
parent 2384c3575e
commit 8fa774e140
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--- a/pkgs/by-name/bootpart-uefi-x86_64/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bootpart-uefi-x86_64/package.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {

  meta = {
    description = "unmanaged files to place in /boot on a x86-64 extlinux system";
+    longDescription = ''
+      provides:
+      - EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI: the UEFI-spec default entry, when the BIOS doesn't know about any other entries.
+      - EFI/syslinux/syslinux.efi: an EFI entry point one can configure the BIOS to boot,
+        in case there are multiple EFI entries.
+        use `efibootmgr` CLI tool to register this with the BIOS.
+    '';
    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
  };
 }