Re: [Patch 0/8] V3 Implement crashkernel=auto

[ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Eric W. Biederman)]

Bernhard Walle <bernhard.walle@xxxxxx> writes:

> * Amerigo Wang <amwang@xxxxxxxxxx> [2009-08-13 10:19]:
>> Sure.
>> 
>> But if we disable CONFIG_KEXEC_AUTO_RESERVE, that means
>> crashkernel=auto will be invalid, this is the same as it is now.
>
> Ok, but since 'crashkernel=auto' is not used today, nobody has
> 'crashkernel=auto' in the bootloader configuration. So I don't see any
> practial advantage of that config option.
>
> Eric, what's your opinion on that, do we need a config option
> CONFIG_KEXEC_AUTO_RESERVE or could we just implement that feature
> unconditionally (if CONFIG_KEXEC is enabled, of course).

The only reason I can see the option going away would be
a dependency on CONFIG_HOTPLUG_MEM.

Eric
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