From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-pa0-x22a.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c03::22a]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.85_2 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1bIsvv-0002nH-LA for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 01 Jul 2016 07:32:16 +0000 Received: by mail-pa0-x22a.google.com with SMTP id hl6so36406230pac.2 for ; Fri, 01 Jul 2016 00:31:54 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 16:37:09 +0900 From: AKASHI Takahiro Subject: Re: [PATCH v20 13/14] arm64: kdump: update a kernel doc Message-ID: <20160701073707.GM20774@linaro.org> References: <20160630090045.GA16958@x1.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160630090045.GA16958@x1.redhat.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" Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: Baoquan He Cc: Mark Rutland , Geoff Levand , Catalin Marinas , Will Deacon , marc.zyngier@arm.com, James Morse , kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Dave, Boaquan, Thank you for your reviewing. On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 05:00:45PM +0800, Baoquan He wrote: > On 06/23/16 at 05:54pm, Geoff Levand wrote: > > From: AKASHI Takahiro > > > > This patch adds arch specific descriptions about kdump usage on arm64 > > to kdump.txt. > > > > Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro > > --- > > Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt | 15 ++++++++++++++- > > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt > > index 88ff63d..5d6da09 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt > > +++ b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt > > @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ memory image to a dump file on the local disk, or across the network to > > a remote system. > > > > Kdump and kexec are currently supported on the x86, x86_64, ppc64, ia64, > > -s390x and arm architectures. > > +s390x, arm and arm64 architectures. > > > > When the system kernel boots, it reserves a small section of memory for > > the dump-capture kernel. This ensures that ongoing Direct Memory Access > > @@ -249,6 +249,12 @@ Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, arm) > > > > AUTO_ZRELADDR=y > > > > +Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, arm64) > > +---------------------------------------------------------- > > + > > +1) Currently, kvm will not be enabled on the dump-capture kernel even > > + if it is configured. > > + > > Extended crashkernel syntax > > =========================== > > > > @@ -305,6 +311,8 @@ Boot into System Kernel > > kernel will automatically locate the crash kernel image within the > > first 512MB of RAM if X is not given. > > > > + On arm64, use "crashkernel=Y[@X]". Note that the start address of > ~ Why square brackets here, is it > different than other arch? I want to clearly indicate that "@X" is optional, and that, when you explicitly specify it, X must be properly aligned. I think that "[..]" notation is quite common. Thanks, -Takahiro AKASHI > > Except for this, it looks good to me. > > Thanks > Baoquan > > > + the kernel, X if explicitly specified, must be aligned to 2MiB (0x200000). > > > > Load the Dump-capture Kernel > > ============================ > > @@ -327,6 +335,8 @@ For s390x: > > - Use image or bzImage > > For arm: > > - Use zImage > > +For arm64: > > + - Use vmlinux or Image > > > > If you are using a uncompressed vmlinux image then use following command > > to load dump-capture kernel. > > @@ -370,6 +380,9 @@ For s390x: > > For arm: > > "1 maxcpus=1 reset_devices" > > > > +For arm64: > > + "1 maxcpus=1 reset_devices" > > + > > Notes on loading the dump-capture kernel: > > > > * By default, the ELF headers are stored in ELF64 format to support > > -- > > 2.5.0 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > kexec mailing list > > kexec@lists.infradead.org > > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec