[patch 0/5] Add extended crashkernel command line syntax

[Bernhard Walle]

* Vivek Goyal <vgoyal at in.ibm.com> [2007-09-11 08:09]:
> 
> How often does this scenario happen? Anyway, if you run into these issues
> and if it helps, I don't mind additional command line syntax for crashkernel=

Of course, I agree, this is a rare case.

> > This series implements this change for i386, x86_64 and IA64. However, if
> > the patch is accepted, I can also add all other architectures that support
> > Kdump (when my grepping was correct, this is only PPC64 and SH in addition).
> > The "simple" syntax is of course still supported.
> 
> Please make the changes for ppc64 and sh too.

Thanks, done now. Patchset follows. It should address all issues
mentioned by you and others.


Thanks,
   Bernhard