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diff --git a/sbin/mca/mca.8 b/sbin/mca/mca.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a842537 --- /dev/null +++ b/sbin/mca/mca.8 @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Marcel Moolenaar +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd Februari 11, 2006 +.Dt MCA 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm mca +.Nd "Machine Check Architecture control utility" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl d +.Op Fl f Ar filename +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility provides minimal functionality to dump or display MCA records +that were saved by the kernel during boot. +The default behaviour of the +.Nm +utility is to display all new MCA records on stdout. +When the +.Fl d +option is given, the records are dumped in binary form. +The default file to which records are dumped is +.Pa /var/log/mca.log . +This can be changed by specifying the +.Fl f +option. +New records are appended to the dump file. +.Pp +Previously dumped records can be displayed by giving the name of +the dump file with the +.Fl f +option. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /var/log/mca.log -compact +.It Pa /var/log/mca.log +default dump file +.El +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +utility appeared in +.Fx 5.0 +for ia64. +.Sh BUGS +The development of the +.Nm +utility is still a work in progress. |