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Add documentation for extended crashkernel syntax
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add-documentation-for-extended-crashkernel-syntax.patch
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Subject: Add documentation for extended crashkernel syntax
From: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@xxxxxxx>
This adds the documentation for the extended crashkernel syntax into
Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt.
Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
diff -puN Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt~add-documentation-for-extended-crashkernel-syntax Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
--- a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt~add-documentation-for-extended-crashkernel-syntax
+++ a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
@@ -231,6 +231,32 @@ Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch
any space below the alignment point will be wasted.
+Extended crashkernel syntax
+===========================
+
+While the "crashkernel=size[@offset]" syntax is sufficient for most
+configurations, sometimes it's handy to have the reserved memory dependent
+on the value of System RAM -- that's mostly for distributors that pre-setup
+the kernel command line to avoid a unbootable system after some memory has
+been removed from the machine.
+
+The syntax is:
+
+ crashkernel=<range1>:<size1>[,<range2>:<size2>,...][@offset]
+ range=start-[end]
+
+For example:
+
+ crashkernel=512M-2G:64M,2G-:128M
+
+This would mean:
+
+ 1) if the RAM is smaller than 512M, then don't reserve anything
+ (this is the "rescue" case)
+ 2) if the RAM size is between 512M and 2G, then reserve 64M
+ 3) if the RAM size is larger than 2G, then reserve 128M
+
+
Boot into System Kernel
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from bwalle@xxxxxxx are
add-vmcoreinfo.patch
express-relocatability-of-kernel-on-x86_64-in-documentation.patch
express-relocatability-of-kernel-on-x86_64-in.patch
express-new-elf32-mechanisms-in-documentation.patch
add-reset_devices-to-the-recommended-parameters.patch
extended-crashkernel-command-line.patch
use-extended-crashkernel-command-line-on-i386.patch
use-extended-crashkernel-command-line-on-x86_64.patch
use-extended-crashkernel-command-line-on-ia64.patch
use-extended-crashkernel-command-line-on-ppc64.patch
use-extended-crashkernel-command-line-on-sh.patch
add-documentation-for-extended-crashkernel-syntax.patch
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