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authorsmh <smh@FreeBSD.org>2015-11-25 08:58:07 +0000
committersmh <smh@FreeBSD.org>2015-11-25 08:58:07 +0000
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MFC r291012:
Document loader(8) dumpdev option Sponsored by: Multiplay
Diffstat (limited to 'sys/boot')
-rw-r--r--sys/boot/common/loader.810
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sys/boot/common/loader.8 b/sys/boot/common/loader.8
index d931ef4..a8f5b2c 100644
--- a/sys/boot/common/loader.8
+++ b/sys/boot/common/loader.8
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd July 25, 2015
+.Dd November 18, 2015
.Dt LOADER 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -471,6 +471,14 @@ userland output (e.g.\& from
.It Va currdev
Selects the default device.
Syntax for devices is odd.
+.It Va dumpdev
+Sets the device for kernel dumps.
+This can be used to ensure that a device is configured before the corresponding
+.Va dumpdev
+directive from
+.Xr rc.conf 5
+has been processed, allowing kernel panics that happen during the early stages
+of boot to be captured.
.It Va init_chroot
If set to a valid directory in the root file system, it causes
.Xr init 8
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