From 12a1b3061e12e5a6182465a2a16ca032c87caa2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Young Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 16:24:37 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] mkdumprd manpage cleanup manpage All these options are not valid for current mkdumprd. So remove them. Leave a minimal mkdumprd.8 Signed-off-by: Dave Young Acked-by: Vivek Goyal --- mkdumprd.8 | 83 +++++------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 76 deletions(-) diff --git a/mkdumprd.8 b/mkdumprd.8 index 5c7f9a9..7a7d2b9 100644 --- a/mkdumprd.8 +++ b/mkdumprd.8 @@ -2,13 +2,7 @@ .SH NAME mkdumprd \- creates initial ramdisk images for kdump crash recovery .SH SYNOPSIS -\fBmkdumprd\fR [--version] [-v] [-f] - [--preload=\fImodule\fR] [--omit-scsi-modules] - [--omit-raid-modules] [--omit-lvm-modules] - [--image-version] - [--fstab=\fIfstab\fR] [--nocompress] - [--builtin=\fImodule\fR] - \fIimage\fR \fIkernel-version\fR +\fBmkdumprd\fR [OPTION] .SH DESCRIPTION \fBmkdumprd\fR creates an initial ram file system for use in conjunction with @@ -16,17 +10,13 @@ the booting of a kernel within the kdump framework for crash recovery. \fBmkdumprds\fR purpose is to create an initial ram filesystem capable of copying the crashed systems vmcore image to a location specified in \fI/etc/kdump.conf -Any module options specified in \fI/etc/modprobe.conf\fR are passed -to the modules as they are loaded by the initial ramdisk. - \fBmkdumprd\fR interrogates the running system to understand what modules need to be loaded in the initramfs (based on configuration retrieved from \fI/etc/kdump.conf)\fR -\fBmkdumprd\fR was originally derived from the \fBmkinitrd\fR utility (hence -the similarity in option sets), however mkdumprds purpose and mission is -significantly different than that of \fBmkinitrd\fR. As such, while most of the -options still exist, and may work, they are largely historic remnants. +\fBmkdumprd\fR add a new \fBdracut\fR module 99kdumpbase and use \fBdracut\fR +utility to generate the initramfs. + \fBmkdumprd\fR was not intended for casual use outside of the service initialization script for the kdump utility, and should not be run manually. If you require a custom kdump initramfs image, it is suggested that you use the @@ -36,67 +26,8 @@ repack the image. .SH OPTIONS .TP -\fB-\-builtin=\fR\fImodule\fR -Act as if \fImodule\fR is built into the kernel being used. \fBmkdumprd\fR -will not look for this module, and will not emit an error if it does not -exist. This option may be used multiple times. +All options here are passed to dracut directly, please refer \fBdracut\fR docs +for the info. -.TP -\fB-f\fR -Allows \fBmkdumprd\fR to overwrite an existing image file. - -.TP -\fB-\-fstab=\fR\fIfstab\fR -Use \fIfstab\fR to automatically determine what type of filesystem the -root device is on. Normally, \fB/etc/fstab\fR is used. - -.TP -\fB-\-image-version -The kernel version number is appended to the initrd image path before the image -is created. - -.TP -\fB-\-nocompress -Normally the created initrd image is compressed with \fBgzip\fR. If this -option is specified, the compression is skipped. - -.TP -\fB-\-omit-lvm-modules -Do not load any lvm modules, even if /etc/fstab expects them. - -.TP -\fB-\-omit-raid-modules -Do not load any raid modules, even if /etc/fstab and /etc/raidtab expect them. - -.TP -\fB-\-omit-scsi-modules -Do not load any scsi modules, including 'scsi_mod' and 'sd_mod' -modules, even if they are present. - -.TP -\fB-\-preload=\fR\fImodule\fR -Load the module \fImodule\fR in the initial ramdisk image. The module gets -loaded before any SCSI modules which are specified in \fI/etc/modprobe.conf\fR. -This option may be used as many times as necessary. - -.TP -\fB-v\fR -Prints out verbose information while creating the image (normally -the \fBmkdumprd\fR runs silently). - -.TP -\fB-\-version\fR -Prints the version of \fBmkdumprd\fR that's being used and then exits. - -.SH FILES -.PD 0 - -.TP 20 -\fI/etc/modprobe.conf\fR -Specifies modules to be loaded and module options to be used. - -.PD .SH "SEE ALSO" -.BR fstab (5), -.BR insmod (1) -.BR mkinitrd (8) +.BR dracut (8),