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From: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@suse.de>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 12:51:21 +0100
Subject: kexec: Document -s, -c and -a options in the man page
References: bsc#1080916, boo#1076839
Upstream: merged
Git-commit: 1ded8729a29ff36880fc5169e93361971f4cab35

Signed-off-by: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@suse.de>
---
v5: document that KEXEC_LOAD may be disabled
v6: document that fallback happens in case the kernel does not
understand the image
---
 kexec/kexec.8 | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kexec/kexec.8 b/kexec/kexec.8
index e0131b4ea827..fb8a4c9caa45 100644
--- a/kexec/kexec.8
+++ b/kexec/kexec.8
@@ -144,6 +144,26 @@ Load the new kernel for use on panic.
 Specify that the new kernel is of this
 .I type.
 .TP
+.BI \-s\ (\-\-kexec-file-syscall)
+Specify that the new KEXEC_FILE_LOAD syscall should be used exclusively.
+.TP
+.BI \-c\ (\-\-kexec-syscall)
+Specify that the old KEXEC_LOAD syscall should be used exclusively (the default).
+.TP
+.BI \-a\ (\-\-kexec-syscall-auto)
+Try the new KEXEC_FILE_LOAD syscall first and when it is not supported or the
+kernel does not understand the supplied image fall back to the old KEXEC_LOAD
+interface.
+
+There is no one single interface that always works.
+
+KEXEC_FILE_LOAD is required on systems that use locked-down secure boot to
+verify the kernel signature.  KEXEC_LOAD may be also disabled in the kernel
+configuration.
+
+KEXEC_LOAD is required for some kernel image formats and on architectures that
+do not implement KEXEC_FILE_LOAD.
+.TP
 .B \-u\ (\-\-unload)
 Unload the current
 .B kexec
-- 
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