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author | Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> | 2007-10-17 02:31:28 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-10-17 11:43:06 -0400 |
commit | f4e875704d8ebf0323235e635e666432f097ae42 (patch) | |
tree | 22cbf6c28d3f65ce85f5fc7f537c2b046bc2141e /Documentation/kdump | |
parent | d1482f40c975e883f209aab659ec75a0afd84075 (diff) |
kdump: documentation cleanups
This cleans up kdump documentation a bit. Plus I do not think we want
to mention Linux trademark in _every_ file in documentation....
Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kdump')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt index 96d832b22217..1b37b28cc234 100644 --- a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt +++ b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt | |||
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dump of the system kernel's memory needs to be taken (for example, when | |||
13 | the system panics). The system kernel's memory image is preserved across | 13 | the system panics). The system kernel's memory image is preserved across |
14 | the reboot and is accessible to the dump-capture kernel. | 14 | the reboot and is accessible to the dump-capture kernel. |
15 | 15 | ||
16 | You can use common Linux commands, such as cp and scp, to copy the | 16 | You can use common commands, such as cp and scp, to copy the |
17 | memory image to a dump file on the local disk, or across the network to | 17 | memory image to a dump file on the local disk, or across the network to |
18 | a remote system. | 18 | a remote system. |
19 | 19 | ||
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/horms/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-test | |||
69 | 69 | ||
70 | This is a symlink to the latest version, which at the time of writing is | 70 | This is a symlink to the latest version, which at the time of writing is |
71 | 20061214, the only release of kexec-tools-testing so far. As other versions | 71 | 20061214, the only release of kexec-tools-testing so far. As other versions |
72 | are made released, the older onese will remain available at | 72 | are released, the older ones will remain available at |
73 | http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/horms/kexec-tools/ | 73 | http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/horms/kexec-tools/ |
74 | 74 | ||
75 | Note: Latest kexec-tools-testing git tree is available at | 75 | Note: Latest kexec-tools-testing git tree is available at |
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ If die() is called, and it happens to be a thread with pid 0 or 1, or die() | |||
339 | is called inside interrupt context or die() is called and panic_on_oops is set, | 339 | is called inside interrupt context or die() is called and panic_on_oops is set, |
340 | the system will boot into the dump-capture kernel. | 340 | the system will boot into the dump-capture kernel. |
341 | 341 | ||
342 | On powererpc systems when a soft-reset is generated, die() is called by all cpus | 342 | On powerpc systems when a soft-reset is generated, die() is called by all cpus |
343 | and the system will boot into the dump-capture kernel. | 343 | and the system will boot into the dump-capture kernel. |
344 | 344 | ||
345 | For testing purposes, you can trigger a crash by using "ALT-SysRq-c", | 345 | For testing purposes, you can trigger a crash by using "ALT-SysRq-c", |
@@ -405,9 +405,3 @@ Contact | |||
405 | Vivek Goyal (vgoyal@in.ibm.com) | 405 | Vivek Goyal (vgoyal@in.ibm.com) |
406 | Maneesh Soni (maneesh@in.ibm.com) | 406 | Maneesh Soni (maneesh@in.ibm.com) |
407 | 407 | ||
408 | |||
409 | Trademark | ||
410 | ========= | ||
411 | |||
412 | Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, other | ||
413 | countries, or both. | ||