makedumpfile: support for newer kernels [v4.9 onwards]

[Abhishek Shah]

Hi Pratyush,

>>> I am using yocto(2.3 version) to build makedumpfile, which fetches v1.6.1
>>> makedumpfile and also applys some patches including arm64 specific
>>> patches.
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> What are these ARM64 specific patches? I believe, you do not need any topup
> in makedumpfile for ARM64 if you use v1.6.1.

Sorry, I got confused with yocto kexec recipe.
There are NO arm64 specific patches in yocto for makedumpfile.

>>> We have VA_BITS set as 48 bits... I will get other information and post
>>> on the
>>> list.
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> OK.
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Kernel config:
ARM64_VA_BITS_48 [=y]
ARM64_PAGE_SHIFT [=12]
RANDOMIZE_BASE [=n]
ARM64_4K_PAGES [=y]

Regards,
Abhishek