17 May 2024

Configure Mkinitcpio With Kernel Parameters

It uses default_options="--cmdline /etc/kernel/cmdline". If you are using a single uefi binary file to load your system without any bootloader. This option will generate binary with kernel parameters. This will be helpfull if you are using btrfs with luks and swap is enabled on a laptop with suspend-then-hibernate from systemd. My /etc/kernel/cmdline contains

root=/dev/mapper/cryptroot
resume=UUID=XxXxxxXX-xxxx-Xxxx-xXXx-xxxXxxXXxXXX
resume_offset=nnnnNNNN rw rootflags=subvol=@ rootfstype=btrfs

If you are using luks and want to pass discard parameter to kernel on boot. You should put it in cryptab or crypttab.initramfs. Offset can be obtained by running

# btrfs inspect-internal map-swapfile -r swap_file

You can verify parameters from /proc/cmdline after booting.