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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/pstore.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/pstore.rst index 00a5a05537..b8c2cb825c 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/pstore.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/pstore.rst @@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ .. index:: pstore (filesystem) -pstore filesystem with RAM backend (RAMOOPS) -============================================ +*pstore* filesystem with RAM backend (RAMOOPS) +============================================== -Barebox supports the pstore filesystem known from the kernel. The main backend +Barebox supports the *pstore* filesystem known from the kernel. The main backend implementation is RAM. All other backends are currently not implemented by Barebox. -pstore is a filesystem to store kernel log or kernel panic messages. These +*pstore* is a filesystem to store kernel log or kernel panic messages. These messages are stored by the kernel in a specified RAM area which is never overwritten by any user. This data can be accessed after a reboot through -/pstore in Barebox or the kernel. The pstore filesystem is automatically mounted -at boot: +``/pstore`` in Barebox or the kernel. The *pstore* filesystem is automatically +mounted at boot: .. code-block:: none @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ at boot: none on /dev type devfs none on /pstore type pstore -pstore may add additional warnings during boot due to wrong ECCs (no data +*pstore* may add additional warnings during boot due to wrong ECCs (no data written): .. code-block:: none @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ written): pstore: Registered ramoops as persistent store backend ramoops: attached 0x200000@0x1fdf4000, ecc: 16/0 -To use pstore/RAMOOPS both Barebox and Kernel have to be compiled with pstore +To use *pstore/RAMOOPS* both Barebox and Kernel have to be compiled with *pstore* and RAM backend support. The kernel receives the parameters describing the layout via devicetree or - as a fallback - over the kernel command line. To ensure both worlds are using the same memory layout, the required |