From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from ns2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15] helo=mx2.suse.de) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.68 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1Ju8dr-0004DD-K3 for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 16:06:47 +0000 Received: from Relay1.suse.de (relay-ext.suse.de [195.135.221.8]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00A69456D8 for ; Thu, 8 May 2008 18:06:46 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 18:01:03 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Remove the 'bzImage' warning from manpage Message-ID: <20080508160103.GA30762@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline From: bwalle@suse.de (Bernhard Walle) 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 This patch removes the warning Compressed kernel images such as bzImage are not supported by kexec. Use the uncompressed vmlinux. from the manual page as this is wrong now. Contrary, the usage of bzImage for kdump is recommended because on x86_64 it's the only way to use a relocatable kernel for dumping. Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle --- kexec/kexec.8 | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) --- a/kexec/kexec.8 +++ b/kexec/kexec.8 @@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ where .I kernel\-image is the kernel file that you intend to reboot to. .PP -Note: Compressed kernel images such as bzImage are not supported by -.BR kexec . -Use the uncompressed vmlinux. -.PP Insert the command-line parameters that must be passed to the new kernel into .IR command\-line\-options . _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec