Thank you guys for the great work! When I filed 2008/382 I requested minor binding only. This case is requesting patch/micro release binding. Will the binding difference need to be reflected in case 2008/382? Will there be compatibility concerns as 2008/382 added devo_quiesce to dev_ops?
Sherry On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 04:52:48PM -0800, Huay-Yong Wang wrote: > > I am sponsoring this fasttrack for Chris Kiick. > > This project implements fast reboot support > for SPARC. Specifically, the -f and -p options > in reboot(1M) is now supported on SPARC. > Previously these options are only available > for x86 platforms (See PSARC 2008/382 Fast Reboot) > Note that the -e option (boot environments) is not yet > supported on SPARC. This project introduces no > new interface and I believe this qualify as self-review. > I will be marking the case closed approved automatic. > If anyone feels that this need to be promoted to a fast track > please let me know. > > The project team is requesting a patch/micro release binding. > An updated reboot(1M) manpage is included here. > > > --- cut here --- > > System Administration Commands reboot(1M) > > > > NAME > reboot - restart the operating system > > SYNOPSIS > /usr/sbin/reboot [-dlnq] [-f | -p] [boot_arguments] > > > /usr/sbin/reboot [-f [-e environment] | -p] [-dlnq] [boot_arguments] > > > DESCRIPTION > The reboot utility restarts the kernel. The kernel is loaded > into memory by the PROM monitor, which transfers control to > the loaded kernel. > > > On x86 systems, when the -f flag is specified, the running > kernel will load the next kernel into memory, then transfer > control to the newly loaded kernel. This form of reboot is > shown in the second synopsis, above. > > > Although reboot can be run by the super-user at any time, > shutdown(1M) is normally used first to warn all users logged > in of the impending loss of service. See shutdown(1M) for > details. > > > The reboot utility performs a sync(1M) operation on the > disks, and then a multi-user reboot is initiated. See > init(1M) for details. On x86 systems, reboot may also update > the boot archive as needed to ensure a successful reboot. > > > The reboot utility normally logs the reboot to the system > log daemon, syslogd(1M), and places a shutdown record in the > login accounting file /var/adm/wtmpx. These actions are > inhibited if the -n or -q options are present. > > > Normally, the system reboots itself at power-up or after > crashes. > > OPTIONS > The following options are supported: > > -d > > Force a system crash dump before rebooting. See > dumpadm(1M) for information on configuring system crash > dumps. > > > > > SunOS 5.11 Last change: 26 Jan 2010 1 > > > > > > > System Administration Commands reboot(1M) > > > > -e > > If -f is present, reboot to the specified boot environ- > ment. > > This option is currently available only on x86 systems. > > > -f > > For x86 systems: > > Fast reboot, bypassing firmware and boot loader. The new > kernel will be loaded into memory by the running kernel, > and control will be transferred to the newly loaded ker- > nel. If disk or kernel arguments are specified, they > must be specified before other boot arguments. > > For SPARC systems: > > Speeds up rebooting by skipping some POST tests. > > The service svc:/system/boot-config:default is enabled > by default. It requires solaris.system.shutdown as > action_authorization and value_authorization. When the > config/fastreboot_default property is set to true, > reboot will behave as reboot -f. The value of this pro- > perty can be changed using svccfg(1M) and svcadm(1M), to > control the default reboot behavior. > > See EXAMPLES for details. > > > -l > > Suppress sending a message to the system log daemon, > syslogd(1M) about who executed reboot. > > > -n > > Avoid calling sync(2) and do not log the reboot to > syslogd(1M) or to /var/adm/wtmpx. The kernel still > attempts to sync filesystems prior to reboot, except if > the -d option is also present. If -d is used with -n, > the kernel does not attempt to sync file systems. > > > -p > > Reboot to prom. This flag can be used to reboot the sys- > tem through firmware without changing the default reboot > > > > SunOS 5.11 Last change: 26 Jan 2010 2 > > > > > > > System Administration Commands reboot(1M) > > > > behavior as denoted by the config/fastreboot_default > property setting in system/boot-config service. > > The -p and -f options are mutually exclusive. > > > -q > > Quick. Reboot quickly and ungracefully, without shutting > down running processes first. > > > OPERANDS > The following operands are supported: > > boot_arguments > > An optional boot_arguments specifies arguments to the > uadmin(2) function that are passed to the boot program > and kernel upon restart. The form and list of arguments > is described in the boot(1M) and kernel(1M) man pages.. > If the arguments are specified, whitespace between them > is replaced by single spaces unless the whitespace is > quoted for the shell. If the boot_arguments begin with a > hyphen, they must be preceded by the -- delimiter (two > hyphens) to denote the end of the reboot argument list. > > > EXAMPLES > Example 1 Passing the -r and -v Arguments to boot > > > In the following example, the delimiter -- (two hyphens) > must be used to separate the options of reboot from the > arguments of boot(1M). > > > example# reboot -dl -- -rv > > > > Example 2 Rebooting Using a Specific Disk and Kernel > > > The following example reboots using a specific disk and ker- > nel. > > > example# reboot disk1 kernel.test/unix > > > > > > > SunOS 5.11 Last change: 26 Jan 2010 3 > > > > > > > System Administration Commands reboot(1M) > > > > Example 3 Fast Rebooting > > > The following examples use the -f option to perform fast > reboots. > > > > If the service svc:/system/boot-config:default is enabled > and property config/fastreboot_default is set to true, the > -f option can be omitted. > > > > On an x86 system, the following command reboots to the > default entry in the GRUB (see grub(5)) menu file menu.lst. > > > example# reboot -f > > > > > The following command reboots to another UFS root disk. > > > example# reboot -f -- '/dev/dsk/c1d0s0' > > > > > The following command reboots to another ZFS root pool. > > > example# reboot -f -- 'rpool/ROOT/root2' > > > > > The following command reboots to mykernel on the same disk > with -k option. > > > example# reboot -f -- '/platform/i86pc/mykernel/amd64/unix -k' > > > > > The following command reboots to mykernel off another root > disk mounted on /mnt. > > > > > > SunOS 5.11 Last change: 26 Jan 2010 4 > > > > > > > System Administration Commands reboot(1M) > > > > example# reboot -f -- '/mnt/platform/i86pc/mykernel/amd64/unix -k' > > > > > The following command reboots to > /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix on another boot environ- > ment named second_root. > > > example# reboot -f -e second_root > > > > > The following command reboots to the same kernel with -kv > options. > > > example# reboot -f -- '-kv' > > > > > The following commands disable the fast-reboot-by-default > behavior. > > > example# svccfg -s "system/boot-config:default" \ > setprop config/fastreboot_default=false > example# svcadm refresh svc:/system/boot-config:default > > > > > The following commands re-enable the fast-reboot-by-default > behavior. > > > example# svccfg -s "system/boot-config:default" \ > setprop config/fastreboot_default=true > example# svcadm refresh svc:/system/boot-config:default > > > > Example 4 Rebooting to a Particular GRUB Menu > > > The following commands will reboot to entry 2 in the GRUB > menu. > > > > > > SunOS 5.11 Last change: 26 Jan 2010 5 > > > > > > > System Administration Commands reboot(1M) > > > > example# bootadm list-menu > the location for the active GRUB menu is: /rpool/boot/grub/menu.lst > default 0 > timeout 10 > 0 zfsbe1 > 1 zfsbe1 failsafe > 2 zfsbe2 > 3 zfsbe2 Solaris xVM > 4 zfsbe2 failsafe > example# reboot 2 > > > > FILES > /var/adm/wtmpx > > login accounting file > > > ATTRIBUTES > See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri- > butes: > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | > |_____________________________|_____________________________| > | Availability | SUNWcsu | > |_____________________________|_____________________________| > > > SEE ALSO > mdb(1), boot(1M), dumpadm(1M), fsck(1M), halt(1M), init(1M), > kernel(1M), shutdown(1M), svcadm(1M), svccfg(1M), sync(1M), > syslogd(1M), sync(2), uadmin(2), reboot(3C), attributes(5), > grub(5) > > NOTES > The reboot utility does not execute the scripts in > /etc/rcnum.d or execute shutdown actions in inittab(4). To > ensure a complete shutdown of system services, use > shutdown(1M) or init(1M) to reboot a Solaris system. > > > > > > > > > > > > > SunOS 5.11 Last change: 26 Jan 2010 6 -- Sherry Moore, Solaris Core Kernel http://blogs.sun.com/sherrym
