40 lines
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40 lines
1.2 KiB
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From bd0200c47c45dd420244b39ddabcecdab1fb9a8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>
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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 17:29:27 +0530
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Subject: [PATCH] kexec: update manpage with explicit mention of clean kexec
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While the manpage does mention about kexec boot with a clean shutdown,
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it is not explicit about it. Make it explicit.
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Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>
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Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
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---
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kexec/kexec.8 | 11 +++++++++--
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1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/kexec/kexec.8 b/kexec/kexec.8
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index 3a344c5..179dcf2 100644
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--- a/kexec/kexec.8
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+++ b/kexec/kexec.8
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@@ -95,8 +95,15 @@ then you would use the following command to load the kernel:
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.RB "\-\-append=" "root=/dev/hda1" "\ \-\-initrd=" /boot/initrd
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.RE
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.PP
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-After this kernel is loaded, it can be booted to at any time using the
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-command:
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+After this kernel is loaded, assuming the user-space supports kexec-based
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+rebooting, it can be booted to, with a clean shutdown, using the command:
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+
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+.RS
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+.BR reboot
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+.RE
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+.PP
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+Alternatively, it can also be booted to, without calling shutdown(8), with
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+the command:
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.RS
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.BR kexec \ \-e
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--
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2.41.0
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