[PATCH v12 14/16] arm64: kdump: update a kernel doc
Will Deacon
will.deacon at arm.com
Tue Dec 15 09:17:27 PST 2015
On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 10:25:34PM +0000, Geoff Levand wrote:
> From: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi at linaro.org>
>
> This patch adds arch specific descriptions about kdump usage on arm64
> to kdump.txt.
>
> Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi at linaro.org>
> ---
> Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
> index bc4bd5a..7d3fad0 100644
> --- a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ memory image to a dump file on the local disk, or across the network to
> a remote system.
>
> Kdump and kexec are currently supported on the x86, x86_64, ppc64, ia64,
> -s390x and arm architectures.
> +s390x, arm and arm64 architectures.
>
> When the system kernel boots, it reserves a small section of memory for
> the dump-capture kernel. This ensures that ongoing Direct Memory Access
> @@ -249,6 +249,29 @@ Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, arm)
>
> AUTO_ZRELADDR=y
>
> +Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, arm64)
> +----------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +1) Disable symmetric multi-processing support under "Processor type and
> + features":
> +
> + CONFIG_SMP=n
> +
> + (If CONFIG_SMP=y, then specify maxcpus=1 on the kernel command line
> + when loading the dump-capture kernel, see section "Load the Dump-capture
> + Kernel".)
SMP is now forced on, so please update this text.
> +2) The maximum memory size on the dump-capture kernel must be limited by
> + specifying:
> +
> + mem=X[MG]
> +
> + where X should be less than or equal to the size in "crashkernel="
> + boot parameter. Kexec-tools will automatically add this.
> +
> +3) Currently, kvm will not be enabled on the dump-capture kernel even
> + if it is configured.
> +
> Extended crashkernel syntax
> ===========================
>
> @@ -312,6 +335,8 @@ Boot into System Kernel
> any space below the alignment point may be overwritten by the dump-capture kernel,
> which means it is possible that the vmcore is not that precise as expected.
>
> + On arm64, use "crashkernel=Y[@X]". Note that the start address of
> + the kernel, X if explicitly specified, must be aligned to 2MiB (0x200000).
>
> Load the Dump-capture Kernel
> ============================
> @@ -334,6 +359,8 @@ For s390x:
> - Use image or bzImage
> For arm:
> - Use zImage
> +For arm64:
> + - Use vmlinux
What? Why doesn't Image work?
Will
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