On Monday 22 May 2017 12:19 PM, Bharat Bhushan wrote: >> On Friday 19 May 2017 09:15 AM, AKASHI Takahiro wrote: >>>>> +to load dump-capture kernel. >>>>> + >>>>> + kexec -p <dump-capture-kernel-Image> \ >>>>> + --initrd=<initrd-for-dump-capture-kernel> \ >>>>> + --append="root=<root-dev> <arch-specific-options>" >>>> For uncompressed Image, dtb is not necessary? >>> Just for clarification, dtb is optional for both vmlinux and Image on >>> arm64. (This means you can specify it if you want.) But this is also >>> true for initrd and append(command line) to some extent. >> >> Yes, I agree. > > Should I mention "-dtb" also for "Image"? No,I think it is fine. This documentation is representing a typical use case and so above changes is OK for me. I think,your v2 is fine. ~Pratyush > > Also do we need to mention that it is optional somewhere in this document? I do not see "optional" is mentioned for other parameters and architecture. > > Does this looks ok: > > " -dtb=<optional-dtb-for-dump-capture-kernel> \" > > Thanks > -Bharat > >>> >>> More precisely, whether these parameters are optional or not will >>> depend on architectures, not formats, I believe. >> >> May be not architecture, rather a distro environment. >> >> For example, we should be able to work without --initrd for any arch if kernel >> has been compiled by configuring CONFG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE. >> >> ~Pratyush >
