From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.76 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1RyJM4-0000Zt-3v for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:39:49 +0000 Message-ID: <1329467969.2892.58.camel@pasglop> Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/4][makedumpfile] vmalloc translation support for PPC32 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:39:29 +1100 In-Reply-To: <4F3DEBCF.8000201@in.ibm.com> References: <20120216033411.7972.77705.stgit@suzukikp> <20120217093220.0c2993a1.kumagai-atsushi@mxc.nes.nec.co.jp> <4F3DEBCF.8000201@in.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 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: "Suzuki K. Poulose" Cc: linux ppc dev , Atsushi Kumagai , kexec@lists.infradead.org On Fri, 2012-02-17 at 11:25 +0530, Suzuki K. Poulose wrote: > > Could you tell me what kind of data is stored in vmalloc region in > PPC ? > > I want to estimate importance of your patches for makedumpfile. > I know at least the modules are loaded in the vmalloc'd region. I have > Cc'ed linux-ppc dev. We should be able to get enough info from the > experts here. > > Josh / Kumar / Others, > > Could you please let us know your thoughts ? Modules, driver IO mappings, etc... I can see that being useful for crashdumps. Cheers, Ben. _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec