diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 027774d..9bf98f0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -34,10 +34,11 @@ # # 3. The logs are stored in a ZIP file at "/home/.steamos/offload/var/kdump/"; # if this ZIP file was successfully submitted to Valve servers, this file is -# then moved into the sub-folder "sent_logs/". This file is named as: -# "steamos-SERIAL-STEAM_USER.timestamp.zip", where SERIAL is the machine -# serial (from dmidecode), STEAM_USER is the Steam account name (based on the -# last logged Steam user) and timestamp tz is UTC. +# then moved into the sub-folder "sent_logs/"; if not, it's moved to the +# folder "not_sent_logs/". +# This file is named as: "steamos-SERIAL-STEAM_USER.timestamp.zip", where +# SERIAL is the machine serial (from dmidecode), STEAM_USER is the Steam +# account name (based on the last logged Steam user) and timestamp tz is UTC. # # 4. (IMPORTANT) Please, test the infrastructure in order to see if a dummy # crash log is collected before using it to try debugging complex issues. @@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ # usable, in order to effectively reserve crashkernel memory. # # 6. Error and succeeding messages are sent to systemd journal, so running -# 'journalctl | grep kdump' would hopefully bring some information. Also, +# 'journalctl -b | grep kdump' would hopefully bring some information. Also, # the ZIP file collected is automatically submitted to Valve servers (unless # the feature is disabled by the user); see below under DETAILS/LOG SUBMISSION # for API details, decisions made, how to disable the feature, etc. @@ -85,15 +86,9 @@ # unfortunately after installing the kdump-steamos package *all* initramfs # images are recreated - this is not necessary, we're thinking how to prevent # that, but for now be prepared: the installation take some (long) minutes only -# due to that... +# because of that... # -# (d) Unfortunately makedumpfile from Arch Linux is not available on official -# repos, only in AUR. But it is available on Holo, so we make use of that. -# Also, a discussion was started to get it included on official repos: -# https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2022-January/036767.html -# https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/makedumpfile/#comment-843853 -# -# (e) NVMe multipathing introduced a "randomness" level to device naming on +# (d) NVMe multipathing introduced a "randomness" level to device naming on # Linux, so "nvme0n1" could be "nvme1n1" in some boots, if we have more than # one NVMe device. There's a kernel parameter to avoid that # ("nvme_core.multipath=0"). So, since we rely in getting the NVMe device name @@ -126,10 +121,6 @@ # with "reboot -f", and relying in sysrq reboot as a quirk managed to be a safe # option, so this is something to think about. Should be easy to implement. # -# * Maybe a good idea would be to allow creating the minimum image for any -# specified kernel, not only for the running one (which is what we do now). -# Low-priority idea, easy to implement. -# # # LOG SUBMISSION # ###########################################################################