aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/Documentation
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorRafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>2009-07-30 19:38:04 +0200
committerRafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>2009-07-30 19:38:04 +0200
commit2e6713c7662cc5ebc7346b033c404cb2f708fd51 (patch)
tree8492ea548fea2d8243e4af4b877906afc4e32783 /Documentation
parentb4093d6235b7e4249616651ee328600ced48a18a (diff)
parent658874f05d040ca96eb5ba9b1c30ce0ff287d762 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' into for-linus
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysrq.txt7
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
index 7e81e37c0b1..b245d524d56 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ interface.
Using sysfs
~~~~~~~~~~~
-sysfs is always compiled in. You can access it by doing:
+sysfs is always compiled in if CONFIG_SYSFS is defined. You can access
+it by doing:
mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys
diff --git a/Documentation/sysrq.txt b/Documentation/sysrq.txt
index cf42b820ff9..d56a0177542 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysrq.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysrq.txt
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ On all - write a character to /proc/sysrq-trigger. e.g.:
'b' - Will immediately reboot the system without syncing or unmounting
your disks.
-'c' - Will perform a kexec reboot in order to take a crashdump.
+'c' - Will perform a system crash by a NULL pointer dereference.
+ A crashdump will be taken if configured.
'd' - Shows all locks that are held.
@@ -141,8 +142,8 @@ useful when you want to exit a program that will not let you switch consoles.
re'B'oot is good when you're unable to shut down. But you should also 'S'ync
and 'U'mount first.
-'C'rashdump can be used to manually trigger a crashdump when the system is hung.
-The kernel needs to have been built with CONFIG_KEXEC enabled.
+'C'rash can be used to manually trigger a crashdump when the system is hung.
+Note that this just triggers a crash if there is no dump mechanism available.
'S'ync is great when your system is locked up, it allows you to sync your
disks and will certainly lessen the chance of data loss and fscking. Note