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* Sort sections.ru2005-01-181-10/+10
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* Verify that the specified device is at least as large as hw.physmem.des2004-10-031-0/+8
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* Wrap some long lines (no content changes)des2004-10-031-6/+6
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* `off' is a keyword, not a parameter name.maxim2004-07-181-1/+1
| | | | Obtained from: DragonFly
* Remove advertising clause from University of California Regent's license,markm2004-04-091-4/+0
| | | | | | per letter dated July 22, 1999. Approved by: core, imp
* Bring the dumpon(8) man page closer to reality:hmp2003-05-071-11/+15
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - dumpon utility has not used kern.dumpdev sysctl since rev. 1.14 (sbin/dumpon/dumpon.c) when phk@ updated it to use the DIOCSKERNELDUMP ioctl [1] - remove obsolete reference to sysctl(3) While I am there, fix two style nits: - use .Nm instead of `dumpon' - change NOTES to IMPLEMENTATION NOTES, to bring it in line with recommended section headings in mdoc(7) Original patch by: Martin Faxer <gmh003532brfmasthugget.se> [1] PR: docs/39293 Approved and Reviewed by: des (mentor), re (scottl, bmah)
* s/filesystem/file system/g as discussed on -developerstrhodes2002-08-211-3/+3
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* Improve wording even more.ru2002-08-131-4/+5
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* Replace the 'at least the amount of physical memory + 64K' with a betterdillon2002-07-091-2/+5
| | | | explanation in regards to sizing the dump device.
* The .Nm utilitycharnier2002-07-061-4/+5
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* Update dumpon manual page to explain single/multi-user usabilitytrhodes2002-04-091-6/+4
| | | | | PR: 36465 No Objections from: ru
* CG hard sentence breaks.sobomax2002-01-231-1/+2
| | | | Submitted by: ru
* Don't use `you'.sobomax2002-01-221-3/+2
| | | | Submitted by: ru
* Allow dump device be configured as early as possible using loader(8) tunable.sobomax2002-01-211-6/+12
| | | | | | | This allows obtaining crash dumps from the panics occured during late stages of kernel initialisation before system enters into single-user mode. MFC after: 2 weeks
* Typo.n_hibma2001-10-281-2/+2
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* Remove whitespace at EOL.dd2001-07-151-6/+6
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* mdoc(7) police: removed HISTORY info from the .Os call.ru2001-07-101-1/+1
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* mdoc(7) police: removed history info from the .Os FreeBSD call.ru2000-12-141-1/+1
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* mdoc(7) police: use the new features of the Nm macro.ru2000-11-201-2/+2
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* * Clarify text on choosing a dump deviceben2000-07-141-7/+17
| | | | | | | | | | | | * Remove the text which states only devices with minor number 1 can be used - this is no longer true. * Mention that dumpon(8) cannot be used to capture dumps from panics during kernel initialization. * /dev/wd -> /dev/ad PR: 19848 Submitted by: Udo Erdelhoff <ue@nathan.ruhr.de> Reviewed by: sheldonh
* Back out the new advice introduced in the previous commit, which atsheldonh2000-03-281-21/+0
| | | | | | | | | least one reviewer is now unhappy with, since it contains incomplete and misleading advice that is not easy to correct. The net effect of this commit and the previous commit is to simply remove all discussion of setting dumpdev to catch crash dumps prior to entering user mode.
* Update instructions for setting the dump device prior to multi-usersheldonh2000-03-281-10/+21
| | | | | | | mode. Reported by: dcs Submitted by: asmodai
* $Id$ -> $FreeBSD$peter1999-08-281-1/+1
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* Use current names for swap devices.jkoshy1999-05-171-3/+3
| | | | | PR: docs/11708 Submitted by: Matthew D. Fuller <fullermd@over-yonder.net>
* Sort cross references.wosch1998-08-311-2/+2
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* Capitalize at the start of sentence. Add rcsid. Remove unused #includes.charnier1998-06-151-3/+3
| | | | Use `dumpon' instead of argv[0].
* Correct manual page, based on feedback from Bruce Evans.jkoshy1998-05-271-31/+33
| | | | Reviewed by: Bruce Evans <bde@freebsd.org>
* Manual page fix: add cross references, refer to ``dumpdev'' variable injkoshy1998-05-251-9/+33
| | | | | | | "/etc/rc.conf". PR: 6117 Submitted by: Mark Mayo <mark@vmunix.com>
* Revert $FreeBSD$ to $Id$peter1997-02-221-1/+1
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* Make the long-awaited change from $Id$ to $FreeBSD$jkh1997-01-141-1/+1
| | | | | | | | This will make a number of things easier in the future, as well as (finally!) avoiding the Id-smashing problem which has plagued developers for so long. Boy, I'm glad we're not using sup anymore. This update would have been insane otherwise.
* Use the .Fx macro where appropriate.mpp1996-08-231-3/+2
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* Fixed some minor formatting problems to silence manck some more.mpp1996-02-121-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | Corrected some bogus cross references to man pages that we don't/won't have and either deleted them, or found a more appropriate man page that we do have. Various other minor changes to silence manck. Manck is currently down to about 200 lines of errors, down from the 500 - 600+ when I started all this.
* My utility to specify where you want crash dumps to go. More userwollman1995-05-121-0/+101
and kernel support to follow.
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