Author: smh Date: Wed Nov 25 08:58:07 2015 New Revision: 291295 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/291295
Log: MFC r291012: Document loader(8) dumpdev option Sponsored by: Multiplay Modified: stable/10/sys/boot/common/loader.8 Directory Properties: stable/10/ (props changed) Modified: stable/10/sys/boot/common/loader.8 ============================================================================== --- stable/10/sys/boot/common/loader.8 Wed Nov 25 08:51:43 2015 (r291294) +++ stable/10/sys/boot/common/loader.8 Wed Nov 25 08:58:07 2015 (r291295) @@ -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-all@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
