[PATCH] Reserve memory for kdump kernel within RMO region
Bernhard Walle
bernhard at bwalle.de
Fri Nov 27 13:39:09 EST 2009
M. Mohan Kumar schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> As of now the kdump kernel base is fixed to be 32MB. The intention of
> this patch is to modify that behaviour (for relocatable kernels)
>
> * Regular kernel size may exceed 32MB, in this case we can't have kdump
> kernelbase as 32MB.
>
> * crashkernel=auto also assumes that kdump kernelbase as 32MB, and it
> may also fail in reserving memory for kdump kernel.
I'm not opposed to remove the 32MB restriction, but I would like to make
the behaviour independent of CONFIG_RELOCATABLE like it's on x86:
- Use 32M if one specifies xxx at 32M
- Use preferrably 32M, but fall back to another address if one
specifies xxx or xxx at 0M.
I don't see any problem with that. But it would make behaviour equal
accross platforms.
Regards,
Bernhard
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