Date: 28 Mar 2002 21:41:24 -0800 From: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/36465: dumpon(8) manual misleads about single/multi-user usability Message-ID: <i4eli4exrv.li4@localhost.localdomain>
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>Number: 36465
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: dumpon(8) manual misleads about single/multi-user usability
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Mar 28 21:50:00 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Gary W. Swearingen
>Release: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
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>Description:
The dumpon(8) manual's NOTES section has this:
Since dumpon can only be called after the system enters single-user
mode, it can not be used to create dumps for system panics during
kernel initialization. In such cases use dumpdev tunable provided
by loader(8) instead.
from which some will infer that dumpon may not be used in multi-user mode.
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>How-To-Repeat:
n/a
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>Fix:
Replace the whole paragraph with:
Since _dumpon_ cannot be used during kernel initialization, the
_dumpdev_ variable of loader(8) must be used to enable dumps
for system panics during kernel initialization.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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