[PATCH] kexec: update manpage with explicit mention of clean kexec

Hari Bathini hbathini at linux.ibm.com
Sun Aug 27 23:16:14 PDT 2023


Any comments on this, please..

On 07/07/23 10:59 am, Hari Bathini wrote:
> While the manpage does mention about kexec boot with a clean shutdown,
> it is not explicit about it. Make it explicit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini at linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>   kexec/kexec.8 | 12 ++++++++++--
>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kexec/kexec.8 b/kexec/kexec.8
> index 3a344c5..87e4ab5 100644
> --- a/kexec/kexec.8
> +++ b/kexec/kexec.8
> @@ -95,8 +95,16 @@ then you would use the following command to load the kernel:
>   .RB "\-\-append=" "root=/dev/hda1" "\ \-\-initrd=" /boot/initrd
>   .RE
>   .PP
> -After this kernel is loaded, it can be booted to at any time using the
> -command:
> +After this kernel is loaded, assuming your Linux distribution supports
> +kexec-based rebooting, it can be booted to, with a clean shutdown, using
> +the command:
> +
> +.RS
> +.BR reboot
> +.RE
> +.PP
> +Alternatively, it can also be booted to, without calling shutdown(8), with
> +the command:
> 
>   .RS
>   .BR kexec \ \-e



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