linux-kernel - Re: [ PATCH ] fix to documentation for kexec

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Message-ID: <20070201185808.GG5825@shell0.pdx.osdl.net>
Date:	Thu, 1 Feb 2007 10:58:08 -0800
From:	Judith Lebzelter <judith@...l.org>
To:	Judith Lebzelter <judith@...l.org>
Cc:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>,
	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, fastboot@...l.org
Subject: Re: [ PATCH ] fix to documentation for kexec

> 
> I did notice that my patch is out of date for the latest kernel, 
> however.  I can send an up to date one.
> 
This applies to 2.6.20-rc7

Signed-off-by: Judith Lebzeelter <judith@...l.org>
---

Stop recommending incorrect/superfluous "init" boot parameter.

Index: linux-2.6.20-rc7/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.20-rc7.orig/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
+++ linux-2.6.20-rc7/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
@@ -311,10 +311,10 @@ Following are the arch specific command 
 loading dump-capture kernel.
 
 For i386, x86_64 and ia64:
-	"init 1 irqpoll maxcpus=1"
+	"1 irqpoll maxcpus=1"
 
 For ppc64:
-	"init 1 maxcpus=1 noirqdistrib"
+	"1 maxcpus=1 noirqdistrib"
 
 
 Notes on loading the dump-capture kernel:
@@ -332,8 +332,8 @@ Notes on loading the dump-capture kernel
 * You must specify <root-dev> in the format corresponding to the root
   device name in the output of mount command.
 
-* "init 1" boots the dump-capture kernel into single-user mode without
-  networking. If you want networking, use "init 3."
+* Boot parameter "1" boots the dump-capture kernel into single-user 
+  mode without networking. If you want networking, use "3".
 
 * We generally don' have to bring up a SMP kernel just to capture the
   dump. Hence generally it is useful either to build a UP dump-capture
-
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