* Pavel Machek <pavel at ucw.cz> [2007-09-18 19:21]: > > This adds the documentation for the extended crashkernel syntax into > > Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt. > > Should you also update kernel-parameters.txt? Ok, I'll do. > > +For example: > > + > > + crashkernel=512M-2G:64M,2G-:128M > > + > > +This would mean: > > + > > + 1) if the RAM is smaller than 512M, then don't reserve anything > > + (this is the "rescue" case) > > + 2) if the RAM size is between 512M and 2G, then reserve 64M > > + 3) if the RAM size is larger than 2G, then reserve 128M > > Why is this useful? I mean... if 64M is enough to save a dump, why use > 128M? ...or does the required size somehow scale with memory in > machine? (pagetables?) A bit, yes (ELF core headers, DISCONT memory, per-CPU data), but consider also that saving may be faster if you have more RAM (e.g. saving over SSH, encryption, ...). Thanks, Bernhard
