From bd0200c47c45dd420244b39ddabcecdab1fb9a8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>

Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 17:29:27 +0530

Subject: [PATCH] kexec: update manpage with explicit mention of clean kexec

While the manpage does mention about kexec boot with a clean shutdown,

it is not explicit about it. Make it explicit.

Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>

Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>

---

 kexec/kexec.8 | 11 +++++++++--

 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kexec/kexec.8 b/kexec/kexec.8

index 3a344c5..179dcf2 100644

--- a/kexec/kexec.8

+++ b/kexec/kexec.8

@@ -95,8 +95,15 @@ then you would use the following command to load the kernel:

 .RB "\-\-append=" "root=/dev/hda1" "\ \-\-initrd=" /boot/initrd

 .RE

 .PP

-After this kernel is loaded, it can be booted to at any time using the

-command:

+After this kernel is loaded, assuming the user-space supports kexec-based

+rebooting, it can be booted to, with a clean shutdown, using the command:

+

+.RS

+.BR reboot

+.RE

+.PP

+Alternatively, it can also be booted to, without calling shutdown(8), with

+the command:

 .RS

 .BR kexec \ \-e

--

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