Another patch that I have been carrying in debian kexec-tools package. It corrects the section number for shutdown in the man page. This patch also adds little more descriptive note for the -e option to clarify that this does not do an orderly shutdown. Please apply. Signed-off-by: Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz at hp.com> --- kexec/kexec.8 | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kexec/kexec.8 b/kexec/kexec.8 index da03c40..aff674c 100644 --- a/kexec/kexec.8 +++ b/kexec/kexec.8 @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ It's also possible to invoke .B kexec without an option parameter. In that case, kexec loads the specified kernel and then invokes -.BR shutdown (1). +.BR shutdown (8). If the shutdown scripts of your Linux distribution support kexec-based rebooting, they then call .B kexec @@ -105,13 +105,13 @@ command: .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-e\ (\-\-exec) -Run the currently loaded kernel. +Run the currently loaded kernel. Note that it will reboot into the loaded kernel without calling shutdown(8). .TP .B \-f\ (\-\-force) Force an immediate .B kexec call, do not call -.BR shutdown (1) +.BR shutdown (8) (contrary to the default action without any option parameter). This option performs the same actions like executing .IR -l -- 1.7.8.3 -- ==================================================================== Khalid Aziz Unix Systems Lab (970)898-9214 Hewlett-Packard khalid.aziz at hp.com Fort Collins, CO
