diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/dumpon')
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 b/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 index 6be80909415b..c2601b29eb36 100644 --- a/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 +++ b/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" From: @(#)swapon.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd April 29, 2013 +.Dd October 8, 2014 .Dt DUMPON 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -124,9 +124,18 @@ performs a on .Pa /dev/null and thus instructs the kernel not to save crash dumps. +.Pp +Since +.Nm +cannot be used during kernel initialization, the +.Va dumpdev +variable of +.Xr loader 8 +must be used to enable dumps for system panics which occur +during kernel initialization. .Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width "/dev/{ad,da}?s?b" -compact -.It Pa /dev/{ad,da}?s?b +.Bl -tag -width "/dev/{ada,da}?s?b" -compact +.It Pa /dev/{ada,da}?s?b standard swap areas .It Pa /etc/rc.conf boot-time system configuration @@ -136,6 +145,7 @@ boot-time system configuration .Xr rc.conf 5 , .Xr config 8 , .Xr init 8 , +.Xr loader 8 , .Xr rc 8 , .Xr savecore 8 , .Xr swapon 8 , |