Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 1 Feb 2007 10:42:17 -0800 | From | Judith Lebzelter <> | Subject | Re: [ PATCH ] fix to documentation for kexec |
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On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 07:33:58PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > On Feb 1 2007 13:30, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > >> >@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ Notes on loading the dump-capture kernel > >> > * You must specify <root-dev> in the format corresponding to the root > >> > device name in the output of mount command. > >> > > >> >-* "init 1" boots the dump-capture kernel into single-user mode without > >> >- networking. If you want networking, use "init 3." > >> >+* Boot parameter "1" boots the dump-capture kernel into single-user mode > >> >+ without networking. If you want networking, use "3". > >> > >> Yup. More precisely, any arguments that could not be parsed (because > >> the kernel does not know them) are handed down to the init program > >> as arguments and/or environment variables. > > > >whoops, ignore my last post, i misread the critical words. > > However, I am not sure how the kernel will handle this. Especially since: > > * if you boot with no initramfs, init= is handled by your script > (otherwise: kernel) > > * does "init" qualify as a kernel param already? I don't think so, > since the code indicates to be wanting "init=" at least. > > Either way, the word "init" in the above doc is either (1) wrong > or (2) superfluous [unless something strange happens to interpret it later, > which I don't think]
Yes, it looks like "init=" is right, "init" is wrong.
I did notice that my patch is out of date for the latest kernel, however. I can send an up to date one.
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