From 172fe235775cc8e4538be43c3728b0d516fb4c1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Coiby Xu Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:18:24 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] doc/kdump.conf: properly format list man files doesn't preserve line breaks. Construct a list to list the cases where additional memory will be reserved. Fixes: c752cbb2 ("Explain the auto_reset_crashkernel option in more details") Reported-by: Jie Li Signed-off-by: Coiby Xu Reviewed-by: Philipp Rudo --- kdump.conf.5 | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/kdump.conf.5 b/kdump.conf.5 index f738dba..20b1620 100644 --- a/kdump.conf.5 +++ b/kdump.conf.5 @@ -32,17 +32,22 @@ determine whether to reset kernel crashkernel parameter to the default value or not when kexec-tools is updated or a new kernel is installed. The default crashkernel values are different for different architectures and also take the following factors into consideration, - - AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) and Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) - - Mellanox 5th generation network driver - - aarch64 64k kernel - - Firmware-assisted dump (FADump) - +.IP +\- AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) and Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) +.IP +\- Mellanox 5th generation network driver +.IP +\- aarch64 64k kernel +.IP +\- Firmware-assisted dump (FADump) +.PP Since the kernel crasherkernel parameter will be only reset when kexec-tools is updated or a new kernel is installed, you need to call "kdumpctl reset-crashkernel [--kernel=path_to_kernel]" if you want to use the default value set after having enabled features like SME/SEV for a specific kernel. And you should also reboot the system for the new crashkernel value to take effect. Also see kdumpctl(8). +.PP .RE .B raw