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+# Default Service Configuration
+
+## Pseudo Services
+
+The default configuration contains a number of "pseudo services" in the boot
+target that don't actually do anything but are merely used as anchors in
+service dependencies, i.e. they indicate that some sort of milestone in the
+boot sequence has been reached. Everything that is part of that milestone
+specifies that it should be run *before* that pseudo service and everything
+that requires that this milestone has been reached, specifies that it wants
+to run afterwards.
+
+The pseudo targets are (in the order that they are executed):
+
+ * vfs
+
+   All services that do mount point setup go before this, all service that
+   depend on the fully mounted rootfs go after this.
+
+ * sysinit
+
+   The system has reached a sane state, i.e. the hostname is set, the system
+   clock has a sane value, modules and kernel parameters are loaded, some
+   very basic, fundamental services are running (e.g. syslog).
+   Everything that is part of that setup process goes between `vfs` and
+   `sysinit`, everything that requires a sane setup goes *after* `sysinit`.
+
+ * network
+
+   Network configuration is done. All services that do network configuration
+   should position themselves between `sysinit` and `network`. Everything that
+   requires a fully configured networking setup should go *after* `network`.
+
+## Default Bootup Services
+
+This section outlines the services for the boot target that are enabled by
+default.
+
+
+The following services are enabled by default and run *before* the `vfs` target
+for filesystem setup:
+
+ * procfs - mount `procfs` to `/proc` and try to mount additional pseudo
+   filesystems in `/proc` such as `binfmt_misc`
+ * tmpfs - mount a `tmpfs` to `/tmp`
+ * sysfs - mount `sysfs` to `/sys` and try to mount additional pseudo
+   filesystems in `/sys` (e.g. `securityfs`, `configfs`, ...)
+ * devfs - mount `devtmpfs` to `/dev`, try to mount additional pseudo
+   filesystems in `/dev` (e.g. `devpts`, `mqueue`, ...) and try to create
+   some additional device nodes and symlinks.
+
+
+The following services are enabled by default and configured to run *after*
+the `vfs` target and *before* the `sysinit` target:
+
+ * hostname - reload hostname `/etc/hostname`
+ * loopback - bring the loopback device up
+ * usyslogd - if the `usyslogd` services is compiled with this package, this
+   service is enabled by default and starts `usyslogd`.
+ * modules - iterate over the file `/etc/modules` and try to load each module
+   using modprobe.
+ * sysctl - restore kernel parameters using `sysctl --system`. See `sysctl(8)`
+   for a list of possible locations that the parameters are read from.
+
+
+The following services are enabled by default and configured to run *after*
+the `sysinit` target and *before* the `network` target:
+
+ * ifcfg - static network configuration
+   Does the static network configuration outlined in [network.md](network.md)
+
+
+## Default Shutdown and Reboot Services
+
+For the shutdown and reboot targets, the following services are executed:
+
+ * sigterm - send the SIGTERM signal to all processes and wait for 5 seconds
+ * sigkill - send the SIGKILL signal to all remaining processes
+ * ifdown - bring all network interfaces down
+ * sync - run the sync command
+
+
+## Additional Services not Enabled by Default
+
+ * agetty - A parameterizeable, respawn type `agetty` service. The first
+   parameter is the terminal device that the getty should run on.
+ * dhcpcdmaster - If one or more network interfaces should be configured using
+   dhcpcd, this service starts a central `dhcpcd` master instance.
+ * dhcpcd - A parameterizeable single shot service that signals the `dhcpcd`
+   master that it should configure a specific interface. The first parameter
+   is the interface that should be configured by `dhcpcd`.
+ * dnsmasq - A respawn type service for the `dnsmasq` DNS and DHCP server.
+ * hostapd - If the system should operate a WIFI access point, this respawn
+   type service can be enabled to manage an instace of the `hostapd` program.
+ * unbound - A respawn type service that manages an instance of the `unbound`
+   name resolver.
+ * usyslogd - A respawn type service that manages an instance of the `usyslogd`
+   syslogd implementation that is part of this package.
+ * hwclock - If the system has a hardware clock, this service can restore the
+   kernels clock from the hardware at bootup, between the `vfs` and `sysinit`
+   targets.
+ * nft - If enabled, restores net filter table rules during boot.
+ * swclock - For systems that don't have a hardware clock, this service
+   restores a somewhat usable time from a file during boot.
+ * swclocksave - For systems that don't have a hardware clock, this service
+   saves the current time to a file during shutdown or reboot.