From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from fgwmail6.fujitsu.co.jp ([192.51.44.36]) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.76 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1RJj3y-0003TN-OV for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:49:23 +0000 Received: from m1.gw.fujitsu.co.jp (unknown [10.0.50.71]) by fgwmail6.fujitsu.co.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C4443EE0B6 for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:49:21 +0900 (JST) Received: from smail (m1 [127.0.0.1]) by outgoing.m1.gw.fujitsu.co.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04C5E45DE55 for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:49:21 +0900 (JST) Received: from s1.gw.fujitsu.co.jp (s1.gw.fujitsu.co.jp [10.0.50.91]) by m1.gw.fujitsu.co.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id E239645DE54 for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:49:20 +0900 (JST) Received: from s1.gw.fujitsu.co.jp (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by s1.gw.fujitsu.co.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id D42151DB8044 for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:49:20 +0900 (JST) Received: from m105.s.css.fujitsu.com (m105.s.css.fujitsu.com [10.240.81.145]) by s1.gw.fujitsu.co.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id A22C51DB8048 for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:49:20 +0900 (JST) Received: from m105.css.fujitsu.com (m105 [127.0.0.1]) by m105.s.css.fujitsu.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 770D77C8049 for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:49:20 +0900 (JST) Received: from localhost6.localdomain6 (unknown [10.124.63.45]) by m105.s.css.fujitsu.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2843F7C8045 for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:49:20 +0900 (JST) From: HATAYAMA Daisuke Subject: [PATCH v2 14/14] Add description of sadump-related formats in manual page Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:49:20 +0900 Message-ID: <20111028094919.20940.44203.stgit@localhost6.localdomain6> In-Reply-To: <20111028094454.20940.1209.stgit@localhost6.localdomain6> References: <20111028094454.20940.1209.stgit@localhost6.localdomain6> MIME-Version: 1.0 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=twosheds.infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: kexec@lists.infradead.org Signed-off-by: HATAYAMA Daisuke --- makedumpfile.8 | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/makedumpfile.8 b/makedumpfile.8 index 1da16b9..f7dfe04 100644 --- a/makedumpfile.8 +++ b/makedumpfile.8 @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ makedumpfile \- make a small dumpfile of kdump .br \fBmakedumpfile\fR \-\-dump-dmesg [\-x \fIVMLINUX\fR|\-i \fIVMCOREINFO\fR] \fIVMCORE\fR \fILOGFILE\fR .br +\fBmakedumpfile\fR [\fIOPTION\fR] \-x \fIVMLINUX\fR \-\-diskset=\fIVMCORE1\fR \-\-diskset=\fIVMCORE2\fR [\-\-diskset=\fIVMCORE3\fR ..] \fIDUMPFILE\fR +.br .B makedumpfile \-h .br @@ -104,6 +106,14 @@ one of dump_level 3 like the following: # makedumpfile \-c \-d 3 /proc/vmcore dumpfile.1 .br # makedumpfile \-c \-d 31 dumpfile.1 dumpfile.2 +.PP +makedumpfile can read \fIVMCORE\fR(s) in three kinds of sadump +formats: single partition format, diskset format and media backup +format, and can convert each of them into kdump-compressed format with +filtering and compression processing. Note that for \fIVMCORE\fR(s) +created by sadump, you always need to pass \fIVMLINUX\fR with -x +option. Also, to pass multiple \fIVMCORE\fRs created on diskset +configuration, you need to use --diskset option. .PP .SH OPTIONS @@ -460,6 +470,18 @@ it is necessary to specfiy [\-x \fIVMLINUX\fR] or [\-i \fIVMCOREINFO\fR]. .br .TP +\fB\-\-diskset=VMCORE\fR +Specify multiple \fIVMCORE\fRs created on sadump diskset configuration +the same number of times as the number of \fIVMCORE\fRs in increasing +order from left to right. \fIVMCORE\fRs are assembled into a single +\fIDUMPFILE. + +.br +.B Example: +.br +# makedumpfile \-x vmlinux \-\-diskset=vmcore1 \-\-diskset=vmcore2 dumpfile + +.TP \fB\-D\fR Print debugging message. _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec