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| author | Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de> | 2008-05-08 19:04:12 +0200 |
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| committer | Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au> | 2008-05-21 15:49:02 +1000 |
| commit | 9d0c7cb57af8f02e916fdbcbfc80186a4e126da4 (patch) | |
| tree | bbd724e1135247e2f9e1066bc3c6b6d105c08d04 | |
| parent | d20ac9e44925d1b0c31baa9a08e391b210873d6d (diff) | |
Document kexec without -e/-l/-f/-p and clarify -f
This patch tries to clarify the manpage in two aspects:
It describes the meaning of kexec without an -e / -l / -f / -p option (i.e.
only with kernel, initrd and command line).
It also documents the difference between -f and normal kexec call better.
I made the patch to clarify the manpage because there was some confusion in
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=387601.
Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
| -rw-r--r-- | kexec/kexec.8 | 20 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kexec/kexec.8 b/kexec/kexec.8 index dca059e..5832a09 100644 --- a/kexec/kexec.8 +++ b/kexec/kexec.8 @@ -67,6 +67,17 @@ The optional .I initrd-image is the initrd image to be used during boot. .PP +It's also possible to invoke +.B kexec +without an option parameter. In that case, kexec loads the specified +kernel and then invokes +.BR shutdown (1). +If the shutdown scripts of your Linux distribution support +kexec-based rebooting, they then call +.B kexec +.I -e +just before actually rebooting the machine. That way, the machine does +a clean shutdown including all shutdown scripts. .SH EXAMPLE .PP @@ -99,7 +110,14 @@ Run the currently loaded kernel. .B \-f\ (\-\-force) Force an immediate .B kexec -call, do not call shutdown. +call, do not call +.BR shutdown (1) +(contrary to the default action without any option parameter). This option +performs the same actions like executing +.IR -l +and +.IR -e +in one call. .TP .B \-h\ (\-\-help) Open a help file for |