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

[Hari Bathini]

On 28/08/23 1:18 pm, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 11:46:14AM +0530, Hari Bathini wrote:
>> Any comments on this, please..
> 
> Hi Hari,
> 
> Sorry, I had missed this.

No worries. Thanks for the response.

> 
>> 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:
> 
> Perhaps user-space would be better than "your Linux distribution".
> But perhaps that is just kernel developer speak and makes less
> sense to others.

No strong inclination to putting it either way. Would leave it to you :)

- Hari