Re: [PATCH v2] Add --force option to step 2 in early-kdump-howto.txt

[Kairui Song]

On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 10:52 AM [e-mail]
 wrote:
> For step2 in early-kdump-howto.txt, --force option of dracut
> is necessary to rebuild system initramfs. Without --force option,
> executing step2 fails because system initramfs already exists.
> Signed-off-by: Shigeki Morishima
>
> early-kdump-howto.txt | 8 +++++---
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/early-kdump-howto.txt b/early-kdump-howto.txt
> index b8cab6a..f4fae36 100644
> --- a/early-kdump-howto.txt
> +++ b/early-kdump-howto.txt
> @@ -34,14 +34,16 @@ You can rebuild the initramfs with earlykdump support with below steps:
>      For the failure_action, you can choose anything other than "reboot".
> rebuild system initramfs with earlykdump support.
> # dracut --add earlykdump
> # dracut --force --add earlykdump
> NOTE: Recommend to backup the original system initramfs before performing
> this step to put it back if something happens during boot-up.
> add rd.earlykdump in grub kernel command line.
>
> Note:
>  [1]. Early kdump initramfs size will be large because it includes vmlinuz and
> -kdump initramfs. And for step 2 if you are sure to overwrite system initramfs
> -you can backup the original initramfs and use "--force" option.
> +kdump initramfs.
>
> [2]. Early kdump inherits the settings of normal kdump, so any changes that
>  caused normal kdump rebuilding also require rebuilding the system initramfs
> --
> 1.8.3.1
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Thanks for the patch, looks good to me.

Acked-by: Kairui Song