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diff --git a/kexec/kexec.8 b/kexec/kexec.8 index 5dcbd80..daac8b0 100644 --- a/kexec/kexec.8 +++ b/kexec/kexec.8 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1) -.TH KEXEC-TOOLS 8 "October 13, 2004" +.TH KEXEC 8 "October 13, 2004" .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage. .\" .\" Some roff macros, for reference: @@ -16,30 +16,60 @@ .\" .sp <n> insert n+1 empty lines .\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7) .SH NAME -kexec-tools \- Tool to load a kernel for warm reboot and initiate a warm reboot +kexec \- Tool to load a kernel for warm reboot and initiate a warm reboot .SH SYNOPSIS -.B kexec-tools +.B kexec .RI [ options ] " files" ... .SH DESCRIPTION .PP .\" TeX users may be more comfortable with the \fB<whatever>\fP and .\" \fI<whatever>\fP escape sequences to invode bold face and italics, .\" respectively. -\fBkexec-tools\fP does not have a man page yet. Please use "kexec -h" for help. +\fBkexec\fP allows one to load another kernel from the currently running +Linux kernel. Normally one would load a kernel, and possibly an initial +ramdisk, into the currently running kernel using kexec and then initiate +a warm reboot by executing kexec again with appropriate option. .SH OPTIONS These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below. -For a complete description, see the Info files. .TP .B \-h, \-\-help Show summary of options. .TP .B \-v, \-\-version Show version of program. -.SH SEE ALSO +.TP +.B \-f, \-\-force +Force an immediate kexec without calling shutdown. +.TP +.B \-x, \-\-no-ifdown +Don't bring down network interfaces. (if used, must be last option specified) +.TP +.B \-l, \-\-load +Load the new kernel into the current kernel. +.TP +.B \-p, \-\-load-panic +Load the new kernel for use on panic. +.TP +.B \-u, \-\-unload +Unload the current kexec target kernel. +.TP +.B \-e, \-\-exec +Execute a currently loaded kernel. +.TP +.B \-t, \-\-type=TYPE +Specify the new kernel is of this type. +.TP +.B \-\-mem\-min=<addr> +Specify the lowest memory addres to load code into. +.TP +.B \-\-mem\-max=<addr> +Specify the highest memory addres to load code into. +.TP +There may be additional options supported on individual architectures. Use --help option to see those options. .SH AUTHOR -kexec-tools was written by Eric Biederman. +kexec was written by Eric Biederman. .PP -This manual page was written by Khalid Aziz <khalid_aziz@hp.com>, +This manual page was written by Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@hp.com>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). |