[PATCH v20 13/14] arm64: kdump: update a kernel doc
AKASHI Takahiro
takahiro.akashi at linaro.org
Fri Jul 1 00:37:09 PDT 2016
Dave, Boaquan,
Thank you for your reviewing.
On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 05:00:45PM +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
> On 06/23/16 at 05:54pm, 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 | 15 ++++++++++++++-
> > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
> > index 88ff63d..5d6da09 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 +249,12 @@ Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, arm)
> >
> > AUTO_ZRELADDR=y
> >
> > +Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, arm64)
> > +----------------------------------------------------------
> > +
> > +1) Currently, kvm will not be enabled on the dump-capture kernel even
> > + if it is configured.
> > +
> > Extended crashkernel syntax
> > ===========================
> >
> > @@ -305,6 +311,8 @@ Boot into System Kernel
> > kernel will automatically locate the crash kernel image within the
> > first 512MB of RAM if X is not given.
> >
> > + On arm64, use "crashkernel=Y[@X]". Note that the start address of
> ~ Why square brackets here, is it
> different than other arch?
I want to clearly indicate that "@X" is optional, and that, when you explicitly
specify it, X must be properly aligned.
I think that "[..]" notation is quite common.
Thanks,
-Takahiro AKASHI
>
> Except for this, it looks good to me.
>
> Thanks
> Baoquan
>
> > + the kernel, X if explicitly specified, must be aligned to 2MiB (0x200000).
> >
> > Load the Dump-capture Kernel
> > ============================
> > @@ -327,6 +335,8 @@ For s390x:
> > - Use image or bzImage
> > For arm:
> > - Use zImage
> > +For arm64:
> > + - Use vmlinux or Image
> >
> > If you are using a uncompressed vmlinux image then use following command
> > to load dump-capture kernel.
> > @@ -370,6 +380,9 @@ For s390x:
> > For arm:
> > "1 maxcpus=1 reset_devices"
> >
> > +For arm64:
> > + "1 maxcpus=1 reset_devices"
> > +
> > Notes on loading the dump-capture kernel:
> >
> > * By default, the ELF headers are stored in ELF64 format to support
> > --
> > 2.5.0
> >
> >
> >
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