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| author | Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com> | 2011-12-01 16:26:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com> | 2011-12-01 16:26:32 +0000 |
| commit | 9ac72c89428ecafba65274161ea6ea13a9cb6c8f (patch) | |
| tree | 0c745163856f53dbf706a2f3c585d7022f304d78 /docs/man/xl.pod.1 | |
| parent | 83e766a0fe4bd96eb04c289e1e50bf36bab25014 (diff) | |
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xl.pod.1: better description for the sysreq subcommand
Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
Committed-by: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/man/xl.pod.1 | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/man/xl.pod.1 b/docs/man/xl.pod.1 index df0610b69e..c9b2f44d16 100644 --- a/docs/man/xl.pod.1 +++ b/docs/man/xl.pod.1 @@ -433,9 +433,11 @@ Wait for the domain to complete shutdown before returning. =item B<sysrq> I<domain-id> I<letter> -Send a I<Magic System Request> signal to the domain. For more -information on available magic sys req operations, see sysrq.txt in -your Linux Kernel sources. +Send a <Magic System Request> to the domain, each type of request is +represented by a different letter. +It can be used to send SysRq requests to Linux guests, see sysrq.txt in +your Linux Kernel sources for more information. +It requires PV drivers to be installed in your guest OS. =item B<trigger> I<domain-id> I<nmi|reset|init|power|sleep> [I<VCPU>] |