> -----Original Message----- > From: Zou, Nanhai > Sent: 2007年3月6日 10:11 > To: 'Horms' > Cc: Linux-IA64; fastboot > Subject: RE: Crash Dump Region > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Horms [mailto:horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: 2007年3月6日 9:57 > > To: Zou, Nanhai > > Cc: Linux-IA64; fastboot > > Subject: Crash Dump Region > > > > Hi, > > > > I am currently looking over the code that places the crashdump > > region into /proc/iomem, and the code that determines its base > > address if it is not passed on the kernel comamnd. It seems to me that > > the current code allows the crashkernel to be placed incide a > > /proc/iomem region of any type. Is this behaviour correct? > > If not, should it be restricted to "System RAM" regions? > > > I not sure if I understand your question. > Kernel will find a big enough region inside efi memmap with WB attribute, > excluding all the other reserved regions. > Oh, You mean we should check is_memory_available(md) instead of only check efi_wb(md) in kdump_find_rsvd_region? Yes, I think that is better. Thanks Zou Nanhai > Zou Nanhai. > > > -- > > Horms > > H: http://www.vergenet.net/~horms/ > > W: http://www.valinux.co.jp/en/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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