2007-10-04 09:43:57

by Pavel Machek

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Subject: kdump: documentation cleanups


This cleans up kdump documentation a bit. Plus I do not think we want
to mention Linux trademark in _every_ file in documentation....

Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <[email protected]>

index 2fedc08..faf0e27 100644
--- a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dump of the system kernel's memory needs
the system panics). The system kernel's memory image is preserved across
the reboot and is accessible to the dump-capture kernel.

-You can use common Linux commands, such as cp and scp, to copy the
+You can use common commands, such as cp and scp, to copy the
memory image to a dump file on the local disk, or across the network to
a remote system.

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/p

This is a symlink to the latest version, which at the time of writing is
20061214, the only release of kexec-tools-testing so far. As other versions
-are made released, the older onese will remain available at
+are released, the older ones will remain available at
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/horms/kexec-tools/

Note: Latest kexec-tools-testing git tree is available at
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ If die() is called, and it happens to be
is called inside interrupt context or die() is called and panic_on_oops is set,
the system will boot into the dump-capture kernel.

-On powererpc systems when a soft-reset is generated, die() is called by all cpus
+On powerpc systems when a soft-reset is generated, die() is called by all cpus
and the system will boot into the dump-capture kernel.

For testing purposes, you can trigger a crash by using "ALT-SysRq-c",
@@ -426,9 +426,3 @@ Contact
Vivek Goyal ([email protected])
Maneesh Soni ([email protected])

-
-Trademark
-=========
-
-Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, other
-countries, or both.

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2007-10-04 10:06:59

by Robert P. J. Day

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Subject: Re: kdump: documentation cleanups

On Thu, 4 Oct 2007, Pavel Machek wrote:

> -On powererpc systems when a soft-reset is generated, die() is called by all cpus
> +On powerpc systems when a soft-reset is generated, die() is called by all cpus
^^^

i thought the recent standard was to use the capitalized form of
"CPU".

rday
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2007-10-04 10:08:45

by Pavel Machek

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Subject: Re: kdump: documentation cleanups

On Thu 2007-10-04 06:04:09, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Oct 2007, Pavel Machek wrote:
>
> > -On powererpc systems when a soft-reset is generated, die() is called by all cpus
> > +On powerpc systems when a soft-reset is generated, die() is called by all cpus
> ^^^
>
> i thought the recent standard was to use the capitalized form of
> "CPU".

But that is something for separate patch :-).
Pavel
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