From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from kirsty.vergenet.net ([202.4.237.240]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.68 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1KnOKo-0003mR-Df for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:59:30 +0000 Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 12:59:28 +1100 From: Simon Horman Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] kdump: add support for ibm, dynamic-reconfiguration-memory for kexec/kdump Message-ID: <20081008015927.GC22396@verge.net.au> References: <200809241718.59719.chandru@in.ibm.com> <48E20195.9090306@in.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48E20195.9090306@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@lists.infradead.org To: "Sachin P. Sant" Cc: Chandru , kexec@lists.infradead.org On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 04:08:13PM +0530, Sachin P. Sant wrote: > Chandru wrote: >> /proc/device-tree on power6 machines has >> ibm,dynamic-reconfiguration-memory node which stores in it the memory >> representation for most part of the system memory. This memory was >> earlier represented in 'memory@' nodes of the device tree. Following >> patch series makes kexec-tools aware of this dynamic reconfiguration >> memory node. These patches were sent earlier for RFC. In addition to >> this, a change in the kernel was also required. The kernel change has >> been accepted in powerpc git tree. >> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc.git;a=commit;h=cf00085d8045cddd80a8aabad97de96fa8131793 >> Some part of the patch here is re-organization of the existing code to >> accommodate dynamic reconf memory. >> >> > I tested this patch series on a ppc64 box and they work fine. > Without these patches i get a zero size vmcore on a power(power6) > box which has support for dynamic-reconfiguration-memory. > > Horms could you please consider this patch series and merge them > if found suitable. Thanks for your review, it is most helpful. Sorry to all for being a little slow with this. Apart from some very minor nits about patch ordering that I emailed about just now, I am also fine with this series. -- Simon Horman VA Linux Systems Japan K.K., Sydney, Australia Satellite Office H: www.vergenet.net/~horms/ W: www.valinux.co.jp/en _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec