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authorMaxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>2002-02-04 13:09:24 +0000
committerMaxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>2002-02-04 13:09:24 +0000
commit4b813884b3f12a8a1c07a04b29bbac55220ff6dd (patch)
tree5feb94f4b22621d9e2de36738a7c9b0994e2948d /sys/boot
parentef696505f0c7922cc3bf42ae32d9fde8be5c6151 (diff)
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Diffstat (limited to 'sys/boot')
-rw-r--r--sys/boot/common/loader.87
-rw-r--r--sys/boot/forth/loader.conf1
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sys/boot/common/loader.8 b/sys/boot/common/loader.8
index 1d70aca5135c..ccb85d65a399 100644
--- a/sys/boot/common/loader.8
+++ b/sys/boot/common/loader.8
@@ -392,6 +392,13 @@ when the kernel is booted.
This can be overridden by setting
.Va rootdev
explicitly.
+.It Va dumpdev
+A name of device where the kernel can save a crash dump in the case
+of a panic.
+This automatically sets
+.Va kern.dumpdev
+.Xr sysctl 3
+MIB variable.
.El
.Pp
Other variables are used to override kernel tunable parameters.
diff --git a/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf b/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf
index 5ab6add101fd..74ca00523c12 100644
--- a/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf
+++ b/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ bitmap_type="splash_image_data"
#boot_verbose="NO" # Causes extra debugging information to be printed
#init_path="/sbin/init:/sbin/oinit:/sbin/init.bak:/stand/sysinstall"
# Sets the list of init candidates
+#dumpdev="ad0s1b" # Set device for crash dumps
##############################################################