From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from g1t0027.austin.hp.com ([15.216.28.34]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.76 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1SLGsr-0002li-09 for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:40:33 +0000 Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:39:14 -0600 From: Khalid Aziz Subject: [PATCH] Correct section number for shutdown and clarify what -e does in manpage Message-ID: <20120420163914.GA27026@hp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: kexec-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: kexec@lists.infradead.org Cc: horms@verge.net.au 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 --- 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@hp.com Fort Collins, CO _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec