On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 01:14:17PM +0530, Rahul Lakkireddy wrote: > +config PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP > + bool "Device Hardware/Firmware Log Collection" > + depends on PROC_VMCORE > + default y Only things that require the machine to keep working should be 'default y', please remove this, it's an option. > + help > + Device drivers can collect the device specific snapshot of > + their hardware or firmware before they are initialized in > + crash recovery kernel. If you say Y here, the device dumps > + will be added as ELF notes to /proc/vmcore Which exact "device drivers" are you referring to here? thanks, greg k-h