Author: smh Date: Wed Nov 18 09:42:36 2015 New Revision: 291012 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/291012
Log: Document loader(8) dumpdev option Add an entry for dumpdev environment variable to loader(8). MFC after: 1 week Sponsored by: Multiplay Modified: head/sys/boot/common/loader.8 Modified: head/sys/boot/common/loader.8 ============================================================================== --- head/sys/boot/common/loader.8 Wed Nov 18 06:25:25 2015 (r291011) +++ head/sys/boot/common/loader.8 Wed Nov 18 09:42:36 2015 (r291012) @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 25, 2015 +.Dd November 18, 2015 .Dt LOADER 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -471,6 +471,14 @@ userland output (e.g.\& from .It Va currdev Selects the default device. Syntax for devices is odd. +.It Va dumpdev +Sets the device for kernel dumps. +This can be used to ensure that a device is configured before the corresponding +.Va dumpdev +directive from +.Xr rc.conf 5 +has been processed, allowing kernel panics that happen during the early stages +of boot to be captured. .It Va init_chroot If set to a valid directory in the root file system, it causes .Xr init 8 _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
