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 <hbathini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > 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. > > + > > +.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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec
