Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:36:36 GMT From: Frank Solensky <frank@solensky.org> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/129263: Obsolete info on collecting a crash dump prior to "dumpon" Message-ID: <200811281836.mASIaasu084176@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200811281840.mASIe29B037919@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 129263 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Obsolete info on collecting a crash dump prior to "dumpon" >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: Fri Nov 28 18:40:02 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Frank Solensky >Release: FreeBSD 7.1 Beta2 >Organization: >Environment: n/a >Description: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug.html#KERNELDEBUG-OBTAIN. The second paragraph of "Configuring the Dump Device" is as follows: Alternatively, the dump device can be hard-coded via the dump clause in the config(5) line of a kernel configuration file. This approach is deprecated and should be used only if a kernel is crashing before dumpon(8) can be executed. It's more than deprecated. Running "config" off a kernel configuration file with "config dump <device>" included results in a "root/dump/swap specification obsolete" error. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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