The patch titled
Update help text for CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
express-relocatability-of-kernel-on-x86_64-in.patch
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Subject: Update help text for CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fix typos in CONFIG_RELOCATABLE. Use tab + 2 spaces for indentation on all
lines.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Haren Myneni <hbabu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/i386/Kconfig | 17 +++++++++--------
arch/x86_64/Kconfig | 21 +++++++++++----------
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff -puN arch/i386/Kconfig~express-relocatability-of-kernel-on-x86_64-in arch/i386/Kconfig
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig~express-relocatability-of-kernel-on-x86_64-in
+++ a/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -821,12 +821,13 @@ config CRASH_DUMP
depends on HIGHMEM
help
Generate crash dump after being started by kexec.
- This should be normally only set in special crash dump kernels
+ This should be normally only set in special crash dump kernels
which are loaded in the main kernel with kexec-tools into
a specially reserved region and then later executed after
a crash by kdump/kexec. The crash dump kernel must be compiled
- to a memory address not used by the main kernel or BIOS using
- PHYSICAL_START.
+ to a memory address not used by the main kernel or BIOS using
+ PHYSICAL_START, or it must be built as a relocatable image
+ (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y).
For more details see Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
config PHYSICAL_START
@@ -872,17 +873,17 @@ config PHYSICAL_START
Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
config RELOCATABLE
- bool "Build a relocatable kernel(EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ bool "Build a relocatable kernel (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on EXPERIMENTAL
help
This builds a kernel image that retains relocation information
- so it can be loaded someplace besides the default 1MB.
+ so it can be loaded someplace besides the default 1MB.
The relocations tend to make the kernel binary about 10% larger,
- but are discarded at runtime.
+ but are discarded at runtime.
One use is for the kexec on panic case where the recovery kernel
- must live at a different physical address than the primary
- kernel.
+ must live at a different physical address than the primary
+ kernel.
config PHYSICAL_ALIGN
hex "Alignment value to which kernel should be aligned"
diff -puN arch/x86_64/Kconfig~express-relocatability-of-kernel-on-x86_64-in arch/x86_64/Kconfig
--- a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig~express-relocatability-of-kernel-on-x86_64-in
+++ a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
@@ -590,17 +590,18 @@ config CRASH_DUMP
bool "kernel crash dumps (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on EXPERIMENTAL
help
- Generate crash dump after being started by kexec.
- This should be normally only set in special crash dump kernels
- which are loaded in the main kernel with kexec-tools into
- a specially reserved region and then later executed after
- a crash by kdump/kexec. The crash dump kernel must be compiled
+ Generate crash dump after being started by kexec.
+ This should be normally only set in special crash dump kernels
+ which are loaded in the main kernel with kexec-tools into
+ a specially reserved region and then later executed after
+ a crash by kdump/kexec. The crash dump kernel must be compiled
to a memory address not used by the main kernel or BIOS using
- PHYSICAL_START.
- For more details see Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
+ PHYSICAL_START, or it must be built as a relocatable image
+ (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y).
+ For more details see Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
config RELOCATABLE
- bool "Build a relocatable kernel(EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ bool "Build a relocatable kernel (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on EXPERIMENTAL
help
Builds a relocatable kernel. This enables loading and running
@@ -611,8 +612,8 @@ config RELOCATABLE
must live at a different physical address than the primary
kernel.
- Note: If CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y, then kernel run from the address
- it has been loaded at and compile time physical address
+ Note: If CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y, then the kernel runs from the address
+ it has been loaded at and the compile time physical address
(CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START) is ignored.
config PHYSICAL_START
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git-unionfs.patch
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