dumpon(8): Add a SYSCTL VARIABLES section
Document debug.minidump and machdep.dump_retry_count sysctl variables. PR: 259393 MFC after: 3 seconds Reviewed by: gbe (previous), markj, ziaee Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D32618
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@@ -228,6 +228,20 @@ total amount of physical memory as reported by the
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.Va hw.physmem
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.Xr sysctl 8
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variable.
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.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
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The following
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.Xr sysctl 8
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variables can be used to modify or monitor the behavior of crash dumps:
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.Bl -tag -width "machdep.dump_retry_count"
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.It Va debug.minidump
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Set the type of kernel crash dump.
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Possible values are 0 for a full crash dump or 1 for a minidump.
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The default is minidump.
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.It Va machdep.dump_retry_count
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The maximum number of times dump will retry before giving up.
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The default value is 5.
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This sysctl is only supported on PowerPC and AMD64.
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.El
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.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
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Because the file system layer is already dead by the time a crash dump
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is taken, it is not possible to send crash dumps directly to a file.
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@@ -377,6 +391,7 @@ needed.
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.Xr loader 8 ,
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.Xr rc 8 ,
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.Xr savecore 8 ,
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.Xr sysctl 8 ,
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.Xr swapon 8 ,
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.Xr panic 9
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.Sh HISTORY
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