--force loads a new kexec'able kernel and kexec's to this kernel immediately without returning and giving user a chance to do a clean shutdown. In effect it does "kexec -l" immediately followed by "kexec -e". Normally one would kexec a kernel by first loading it with "kexec -l". Then one would modify /etc/init.d/reboot to call "kexec -e", execute a reboot command to shutdown cleanly and kexec the new kernel.
I will clarify this in the man page in the next version. -- Khalid On Fri, 2005-12-23 at 01:08 +0100, Matthijs Kooijman wrote: > Package: kexec-tools > Version: 1.101-2 > Severity: minor > > Hey, > > according to the man page, kexec has a --force option which will "Force an > immediate kexec without calling shutdown". This implies that without --force, > calling kexec -e will call shutdown to change to runlevel 6 and do a proper > shutdown. > > My first try with kexec showed that kexec -e will do just that, trashing a few > filesystems along the way... > > I'm not really sure what the --force option really does, but it's not clear > right now. > > Matthijs > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: testing/unstable > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > Kernel: Linux 2.6.14.4 > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) > > Versions of packages kexec-tools depends on: > ii libc6 2.3.5-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > an > > kexec-tools recommends no packages. > > -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
