[Bug 218266] Need article about Linux shutdown process

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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218266

--- Comment #3 from Alejandro Colomar (alx@kernel.org) ---
On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 11:24:41AM +0000, bugzilla-daemon@kernel.org wrote:
> No, this is too complex a topic and the current manpages content is clearly
> not
> enough. This is not about using the shutdown command, but about the
> information
> necessary to build an rtl programming language. Perhaps some explanatory
> graphical files are also needed.

I meant in section 7, because that's the Miscellaneous Information
Manual.

The page for the command is shutdown(1).

In section 7 there are some pages that have that style of articles
explaining how to do something.  See for example the most recent
addition: string_copying(7).

> 
> It is possible, of course, to dramatically simplify the task by making your
> own
> patch for the kernel and describing it, but I think it would be better to
> describe how it works now on the part of the kernel developers. I have
> nothing
> to write about now - there is not enough information about the topic.

Ok.

Have a lovely day,
Alex

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