From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from pythia.bakeyournoodle.com (pythia.bakeyournoodle.com [203.82.209.197]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1954DDE18 for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:48:42 +1100 (EST) Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:46:21 +1100 To: Manish Ahuja Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] pseries: phyp dump: reserve-release proof-of-concept Message-ID: <20080214034621.GA6887@bakeyournoodle.com> References: <47B13D2E.1070001@austin.ibm.com> <47B145E9.9020907@austin.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 In-Reply-To: <47B145E9.9020907@austin.ibm.com> From: tony@bakeyournoodle.com (Tony Breeds) Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 01:08:25AM -0600, Manish Ahuja wrote: > > Initial patch for reserving memory in early boot, and freeing it later. > If the previous boot had ended with a crash, the reserved memory would contain > a copy of the crashed kernel data. > > Signed-off-by: Manish Ahuja > Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas > > ---- > arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++ > arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c | 32 +++++++++++++ > arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Makefile | 1 > arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/phyp_dump.c | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > include/asm-powerpc/phyp_dump.h | 38 +++++++++++++++ > include/asm/rtas.h | 3 + > 6 files changed, 195 insertions(+) > > Index: 2.6.24-rc5/include/asm-powerpc/phyp_dump.h > =================================================================== > --- /dev/null 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000 > +++ 2.6.24-rc5/include/asm-powerpc/phyp_dump.h 2008-02-12 06:12:37.000000000 -0600 > @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ > +/* > + * Hypervisor-assisted dump > + * > + * Linas Vepstas, Manish Ahuja 2007 > + * Copyright (c) 2007 IBM Corp. Hi Manish, Sorry for the minor nits but this should be: --- * Linas Vepstas, Manish Ahuja 2008 * Copyright 2008 IBM Corp. --- You can optionally use the '©' symbol after word 'Copyright' but you shouldn't use '(c)' anymore. Also in at least one place you've misspelt "Copyright" Yours Tony linux.conf.au http://linux.conf.au/ || http://lca2008.linux.org.au/ Jan 28 - Feb 02 2008 The Australian Linux Technical Conference!