From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from e5.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.145]) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.63 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1Hfrzn-0002tD-4f for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:25:58 +0100 Received: from d01relay02.pok.ibm.com (d01relay02.pok.ibm.com [9.56.227.234]) by e5.ny.us.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l3N6PjD4023401 for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:25:45 -0400 Received: from d01av03.pok.ibm.com (d01av03.pok.ibm.com [9.56.224.217]) by d01relay02.pok.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v8.3) with ESMTP id l3N6PiA1515554 for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:25:45 -0400 Received: from d01av03.pok.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d01av03.pok.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l3N6PiE2025498 for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:25:44 -0400 Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:55:34 +0530 From: Vivek Goyal Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86_64: Remove CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START and CONFIG_RELOCATABLE Message-ID: <20070423062534.GB14664@in.ibm.com> References: <20070402094520.GC13704@in.ibm.com> <20070403040152.GA5108@in.ibm.com> <20070403100349.GA21759@in.ibm.com> <20070423060739.GA14664@in.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Reply-To: vgoyal@in.ibm.com List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: kexec-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=infradead.org+dwmw2=infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: fastboot@osdl.org, Kexec Mailing List , Jurriaan , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Magnus Damm , Helge Hafting , Horms , Andrew Morton , Andi Kleen On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 12:17:22AM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > Vivek Goyal writes: > > > On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 11:15:48PM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > >> +++ b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig > >> @@ -565,62 +565,9 @@ config CRASH_DUMP > >> which are loaded in the main kernel with kexec-tools into > >> a specially reserved region and then later executed after > >> a crash by kdump/kexec. The crash dump kernel must be compiled > >> - to a memory address not used by the main kernel or BIOS using > >> - PHYSICAL_START. > >> + to a memory address not used by the main kernel or BIOS > >> For more details see Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt > > > > Hi Eric, > > > > I think "must be compiled" should be replaced with "must be loaded" now. > > Yes, that sounds right. Ugh. I didn't look at enough context to read > the whole sentence. I just killed the part about PHYSICAL_START. > > > Otherwise both the patches look fine. I am planning to test these. > > > > This change will also require modifications to Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt > > file. > > Do you think you can generate the patch fix up the CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP > and kdump.txt documentation. > Ok. I will send one. Thanks Vivek _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161206AbXDWGZt (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:25:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161242AbXDWGZt (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:25:49 -0400 Received: from e6.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.146]:51683 "EHLO e6.ny.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161206AbXDWGZs (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:25:48 -0400 Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:55:34 +0530 From: Vivek Goyal To: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: Andrew Morton , Andi Kleen , Jurriaan , Helge Hafting , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Magnus Damm , Horms , fastboot@osdl.org, Kexec Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86_64: Remove CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START and CONFIG_RELOCATABLE Message-ID: <20070423062534.GB14664@in.ibm.com> Reply-To: vgoyal@in.ibm.com References: <20070402094520.GC13704@in.ibm.com> <20070403040152.GA5108@in.ibm.com> <20070403100349.GA21759@in.ibm.com> <20070423060739.GA14664@in.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 12:17:22AM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > Vivek Goyal writes: > > > On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 11:15:48PM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > >> +++ b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig > >> @@ -565,62 +565,9 @@ config CRASH_DUMP > >> which are loaded in the main kernel with kexec-tools into > >> a specially reserved region and then later executed after > >> a crash by kdump/kexec. The crash dump kernel must be compiled > >> - to a memory address not used by the main kernel or BIOS using > >> - PHYSICAL_START. > >> + to a memory address not used by the main kernel or BIOS > >> For more details see Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt > > > > Hi Eric, > > > > I think "must be compiled" should be replaced with "must be loaded" now. > > Yes, that sounds right. Ugh. I didn't look at enough context to read > the whole sentence. I just killed the part about PHYSICAL_START. > > > Otherwise both the patches look fine. I am planning to test these. > > > > This change will also require modifications to Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt > > file. > > Do you think you can generate the patch fix up the CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP > and kdump.txt documentation. > Ok. I will send one. Thanks Vivek