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.\" From: @(#)swapon.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd April 23, 2020
+.Dd October 23, 2021
.Dt DUMPON 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -366,6 +366,23 @@
.Pp
Be sure to fill in the server IP address and change the interface name if
needed.
+.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
+The following
+.Xr sysctl 8
+variables can be used to modify or monitor the behavior of
+crash dumps.
+.Bl -tag -width "machdep.dump_retry_count"
+.It Va debug.minidump
+Set the type of kernel crash dump.
+Possible values are 0 for a full crash dump or 1 for minidump.
+The default is minidump.
+.It Va kern.bootfile
+The full pathname of the file from which the current kernel was loaded.
+.It Va machdep.dump_retry_count
+The maximum number of times dump will retry before giving up.
+The default value is 5.
+This sysctl is only supported on PowerPC and AMD64.
+.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr gzip 1 ,
.Xr kgdb 1 ,
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.Xr loader 8 ,
.Xr rc 8 ,
.Xr savecore 8 ,
+.Xr sysctl 8 ,
.Xr swapon 8 ,
.Xr panic 9
.Sh HISTORY

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