From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from e23smtp03.au.ibm.com ([202.81.18.172]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.68 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1KkcfL-0007Nd-Lo for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:41:16 +0000 Received: from d23relay03.au.ibm.com (d23relay03.au.ibm.com [202.81.18.234]) by e23smtp03.au.ibm.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m8UAds8Z009040 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:39:54 +1000 Received: from d23av01.au.ibm.com (d23av01.au.ibm.com [9.190.234.96]) by d23relay03.au.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v9.1) with ESMTP id m8UAcPRK213140 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:38:25 +1000 Received: from d23av01.au.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d23av01.au.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m8UAcOKx005561 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:38:24 +1000 Message-ID: <48E20195.9090306@in.ibm.com> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:08:13 +0530 From: "Sachin P. Sant" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] kdump: add support for ibm, dynamic-reconfiguration-memory for kexec/kdump References: <200809241718.59719.chandru@in.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <200809241718.59719.chandru@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: Simon Horman Cc: Chandru , kexec@lists.infradead.org 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. Regards -Sachin -- --------------------------------- Sachin Sant IBM Linux Technology Center India Systems and Technology Labs Bangalore, India --------------------------------- _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec