[PATCH] sh: Add vmlinux crash dump support

Simon Horman horms at verge.net.au
Thu Sep 4 19:53:45 EDT 2008


On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 06:30:40PM +0900, Paul Mundt wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 12:03:14PM +1000, Simon Horman wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 08:38:11PM +0900, Magnus Damm wrote:
> > > From: Magnus Damm <damm at igel.co.jp>
> > > 
> > > This patch adds SuperH crash dump support. The vmlinux loader is modified
> > > with crash dump hooks as on other architectures. SuperH does not need any
> > > backup region, so only the elf header is allocated from the top of the
> > > reserved memory window. The actual size of the memory window is passed
> > > to the secondary kernel on the command line using "mem=".
> > > 
> > > The secondary kernel must be configured to match the reserved memory
> > > window, change kernel parameters CONFIG_MEMORY_START and CONFIG_MEMORY_SIZE.
> > > 
> > > Linux-2.6.27 should be usable as primary kernel on SuperH, later kernel
> > > versions are needed to fully support secondary kernel /proc/vmcore.
> > 
> > Hi Magnus,
> > 
> > this looks ok to me. Has Paul or someone else reviewed it?
> > 
> I have now, looks good to me.

Thanks Magnus, Thanks Paul. Applied :-)



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