On 08/28/23 at 09:48am, 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. > > > 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 <hbath...@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.
Agree, linux distrobution doesn't make sense here. And since this is a kexec man page, does it really need to make this change? We know kexec-tools loaded a kernel, we will use kexec-tools to trigger the reboot. Wondering why we need to stress distros or kernel or kexec-tools supports the kexec-based rebooting. 'with a clean shutdown' seems a little helpful though. > > > > + > > > +.RS > > > +.BR reboot > > > +.RE > > > +.PP > > > +Alternatively, it can also be booted to, without calling shutdown(8), > > > with > > > +the command: > > > > > > .RS > > > .BR kexec \ \-e > > > > _______________________________________________ > kexec mailing list > kexec@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec > _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec
