.Dd $Mdocdate: October 5 2015 $
.Dt KERNEL 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm kernel
.Nd operating system kernel
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Pa /boot/sortix.bin
.Op Fl \-init Ns "=" Ns Ar init-command-line
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Pa /boot/sortix.bin
is the operating system
.Nm kernel .
It initializes and manages the hardware to provide a multitasking computing
environment. The kernel is a
.Xr multiboot 7
compatible executable loaded by the bootloader along with a companion
.Xr initrd 7
that contains a userland.
.Pp
The kernel extracts the initrd into the initial kernel memory root filesystem
and executes
.Xr init 8
as
.Pa /sbin/init .
The computer is powered off if this process exits 0, rebooted if it exits 1,
halted if it exits 2, and paniced otherwise.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width "12345678"
.It Fl \-init Ns "=" Ns Ar init-command-line
The
.Ar init-command-line
argument is split into tokens and used as the command line to invoke the
specified
.Xr init 8 .
.It Fl \-no-random-seed
Don't warn if no random seed file was loaded by the bootloader (usually from
.Pa /boot/random.seed ) .
This option is useful for live environments where this situation is unavoidable.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr initrd 7 ,
.Xr init 8