Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Amerigo Wang <amwang@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Introduce a new config option KEXEC_AUTO_RESERVE for x86. > > The description of the feature belongs in the changelog. > > I like the basic idea, but: > >> +config KEXEC_AUTO_RESERVE >> + bool "automatically reserve memory for kexec kernel" >> + depends on KEXEC >> + default y >> + ---help--- >> + Automatically reserve memory for a kexec kernel, so that you don't >> + need to specify numbers for the "crashkernel=X@Y" boot option, >> + instead you can use "crashkernel=auto". >> + On x86, 128M is reserved. > > The obvious problem is the hardcoded 128MB (and 128MB is very large > for a crash kernel anyways) > > More useful would seem a crashkernel=size@auto That is actually called "crashkernel=size" and we have had that for quite a while. Although some of the init scripts have problems. Eric -- 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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