On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:57:26PM +0200, Bernhard Walle wrote: > * Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org> [2008-04-30 11:29]: > > > > I'm a bit surprised to see the code being updated but not the > > documentation. Were they out of sync before or are they out of sync after > > this patch or were they always in sync or what? > > It was simply not specified. I propose the following patch to make it > clear: This is fine by me, acked. > ---- > > [PATCH] Clarify inclusive/exclusive in crashkernel commandline in documentation > > > Reflect the changes from Michael Ellerman in crashkernel syntax that make the > end of the memory exclusive in the documentation. It was simply not specified > before. > > > Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle at suse.de> > > --- > Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt | 5 ++++- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > --- a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt > +++ b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt > @@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ The syntax is: > crashkernel=<range1>:<size1>[,<range2>:<size2>,...][@offset] > range=start-[end] > > + 'start' is inclusive and 'end' is exclusive. > + > For example: > > crashkernel=512M-2G:64M,2G-:128M > @@ -253,10 +255,11 @@ 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 > + 2) if the RAM size is between 512M and 2G (exclusive), then reserve 64M > 3) if the RAM size is larger than 2G, then reserve 128M > > > + > Boot into System Kernel > ======================= > > > _______________________________________________ > kexec mailing list > kexec at lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec -- Horms
