From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1W3TQn-0004oW-6b for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 16:35:06 +0000 Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 11:34:27 -0500 From: Vivek Goyal Subject: [PATCH] Add /sys/kernel/vmcoreinfo ABI documentation Message-ID: <20140115163427.GA3180@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline 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" Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=twosheds.infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: linux kernel mailing list , Kexec Mailing List , Andrew Morton , Greg KH Cc: Ken'ichi Ohmichi /sys/kernel/vmcoreinfo was introduced long back but there is no ABI documentation. This patch adds the documentation. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal --- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-vmcoreinfo | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) Index: linux-2.6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-vmcoreinfo =================================================================== --- /dev/null 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000 +++ linux-2.6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-vmcoreinfo 2014-01-15 11:30:22.402206445 -0500 @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +What: /sys/kernel/vmcoreinfo +Date: October 2007 +KernelVersion: 2.6.24 +Contact: Ken'ichi Ohmichi + Kexec Mailing List + Vivek Goyal +Description + Shows physical address and size of vmcoreinfo ELF note. + First value contains physical address of note in hex and + second value contains the size of note in hex. This ELF + note info is parsed by second kernel and exported to user + space as part of ELF note in /proc/vmcore file. This note + contains various information like struct size, symbol + values, page size etc. _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec