Bug 245646

Summary: dumpdev description in rc.conf(5) doesn't say which devices are suitable
Product: Documentation Reporter: Pau Amma <pauamma>
Component: Manual PagesAssignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status: New ---    
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Description Pau Amma 2020-04-15 19:39:30 UTC 
"If the	value of this variable is "AUTO", the first suitable swap device listed in /etc/fstab will be used as dump device." This, however, doesn't say which devices are suitable and which aren't. The conclusion of the IRC discussion that started this was that it's unclear what devices are suitable short of reading dumpon source code, but that GELI devices are definitely *un*suitable, and the variable description should reflect that, at least.