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From: will.deacon@arm.com (Will Deacon)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v12 14/16] arm64: kdump: update a kernel doc
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 17:17:27 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151215171727.GC353@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3c9bfb1df9bba481b753d8d630e4e3d45f986f04.1448403503.git.geoff@infradead.org>

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 10:25:34PM +0000, Geoff Levand wrote:
> From: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>
> 
> This patch adds arch specific descriptions about kdump usage on arm64
> to kdump.txt.
> 
> Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
> index bc4bd5a..7d3fad0 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 +249,29 @@ Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, arm)
>  
>      AUTO_ZRELADDR=y
>  
> +Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, arm64)
> +----------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +1) Disable symmetric multi-processing support under "Processor type and
> +   features":
> +
> +   CONFIG_SMP=n
> +
> +   (If CONFIG_SMP=y, then specify maxcpus=1 on the kernel command line
> +   when loading the dump-capture kernel, see section "Load the Dump-capture
> +   Kernel".)

SMP is now forced on, so please update this text.

> +2) The maximum memory size on the dump-capture kernel must be limited by
> +   specifying:
> +
> +   mem=X[MG]
> +
> +   where X should be less than or equal to the size in "crashkernel="
> +   boot parameter. Kexec-tools will automatically add this.
> +
> +3) Currently, kvm will not be enabled on the dump-capture kernel even
> +   if it is configured.
> +
>  Extended crashkernel syntax
>  ===========================
>  
> @@ -312,6 +335,8 @@ Boot into System Kernel
>     any space below the alignment point may be overwritten by the dump-capture kernel,
>     which means it is possible that the vmcore is not that precise as expected.
>  
> +   On arm64, use "crashkernel=Y[@X]".  Note that the start address of
> +   the kernel, X if explicitly specified, must be aligned to 2MiB (0x200000).
>  
>  Load the Dump-capture Kernel
>  ============================
> @@ -334,6 +359,8 @@ For s390x:
>  	- Use image or bzImage
>  For arm:
>  	- Use zImage
> +For arm64:
> +	- Use vmlinux

What? Why doesn't Image work?

Will

  reply	other threads:[~2015-12-15 17:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 89+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-11-24 22:25 [PATCH v12 00/16] arm64 kexec kernel patches v12 Geoff Levand
2015-11-24 22:25 ` [PATCH v12 02/16] arm64: Convert hcalls to use HVC immediate value Geoff Levand
2015-11-24 22:25 ` [PATCH v12 06/16] Revert "arm64: mm: remove unused cpu_set_idmap_tcr_t0sz function" Geoff Levand
2015-11-24 22:25 ` [PATCH v12 04/16] arm64: kvm: allows kvm cpu hotplug Geoff Levand
2015-11-27 13:54   ` Marc Zyngier
2015-12-02 22:40   ` Ashwin Chaugule
2015-12-03 13:55     ` Ashwin Chaugule
2015-12-03 13:58     ` Marc Zyngier
2015-12-10 18:31       ` Geoff Levand
2015-12-11 16:31         ` Will Deacon
2015-12-15  8:48           ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-12-10 18:44       ` Shi, Yang
2015-12-11  8:09         ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-12-14 18:00           ` Shi, Yang
2015-12-11  8:06       ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-12-11 13:00         ` Shanker Donthineni
2015-12-11 16:28         ` Marc Zyngier
2015-12-11 18:00           ` Shanker Donthineni
2015-12-11 18:11             ` Marc Zyngier
2015-12-11 19:11               ` Shanker Donthineni
2015-12-11 20:13           ` Ashwin Chaugule
2015-12-14  7:33           ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-12-14 17:33             ` Marc Zyngier
2015-12-15  7:51               ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-12-15  8:45                 ` Marc Zyngier
2015-12-15  9:51                   ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-12-15 10:13                     ` Marc Zyngier
2015-11-24 22:25 ` [PATCH v12 01/16] arm64: Fold proc-macros.S into assembler.h Geoff Levand
2015-11-24 22:25 ` [PATCH v12 05/16] arm64: Add back cpu_reset routines Geoff Levand
2015-11-27 14:19   ` Marc Zyngier
2015-11-30  5:28     ` Pratyush Anand
2015-11-30 10:40       ` Marc Zyngier
2015-12-02 22:57         ` Geoff Levand
2015-12-03  9:32           ` Will Deacon
2015-12-10  0:49             ` Geoff Levand
2015-12-10 10:17               ` Will Deacon
2015-11-30 20:03     ` Geoff Levand
2015-12-01  9:38       ` Marc Zyngier
2015-11-24 22:25 ` [PATCH v12 03/16] arm64: Add new hcall HVC_CALL_FUNC Geoff Levand
2015-11-24 22:25 ` [PATCH v12 07/16] Revert "arm64: remove dead code" Geoff Levand
2015-11-24 22:25 ` [PATCH v12 08/16] arm64/kexec: Add core kexec support Geoff Levand
2015-11-27 13:13   ` Pratyush Anand
2015-11-30 18:51     ` Geoff Levand
2015-12-01  2:16       ` Pratyush Anand
2015-12-01 18:32         ` Azriel Samson
2015-12-02 22:49           ` Geoff Levand
2015-12-03  4:37             ` Azriel Samson
2015-12-03 19:56               ` Geoff Levand
2015-12-04  0:39                 ` Azriel Samson
2015-12-04  3:54                   ` Pratyush Anand
2015-12-07 18:47                     ` Geoff Levand
2015-12-03  6:09             ` Pratyush Anand
2015-12-01 19:03         ` Mark Rutland
2015-12-02 21:08           ` Geoff Levand
2015-12-03 16:06             ` Mark Rutland
2015-12-15 18:29   ` Will Deacon
2015-12-16  0:14     ` Geoff Levand
2015-12-16  7:18       ` Pratyush Anand
2015-12-16  9:30         ` James Morse
2015-12-16 10:32           ` Pratyush Anand
2015-12-16  0:14   ` [PATCH v12.4] " Geoff Levand
2015-11-24 22:25 ` [PATCH v12 15/16] arm64: kdump: enable kdump in the arm64 defconfig Geoff Levand
2015-11-24 22:25 ` [PATCH v12 16/16] arm64: kdump: relax BUG_ON() if more than one cpus are still active Geoff Levand
2015-12-15 17:05   ` Will Deacon
2015-12-16  5:51     ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-11-24 22:25 ` [PATCH v12 14/16] arm64: kdump: update a kernel doc Geoff Levand
2015-12-15 17:17   ` Will Deacon [this message]
2015-12-16  5:48     ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-11-24 22:25 ` [PATCH v12 12/16] arm64: kdump: implement machine_crash_shutdown() Geoff Levand
2015-11-27 14:39   ` Marc Zyngier
2015-12-10 11:34     ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-12-10 11:44       ` Marc Zyngier
2015-12-10 12:55         ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-12-10 13:43           ` Marc Zyngier
2015-12-03  4:15   ` Pratyush Anand
2015-12-10 11:42     ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-12-10 11:50       ` Pratyush Anand
2015-11-24 22:25 ` [PATCH v12 09/16] arm64/kexec: Add pr_devel output Geoff Levand
2015-12-15 17:15   ` Will Deacon
2015-12-16  0:45     ` Geoff Levand
2015-12-16  0:46   ` [PATCH v12.4] arm64/kexec: Add pr_debug output Geoff Levand
2015-11-24 22:25 ` [PATCH v12 13/16] arm64: kdump: add kdump support Geoff Levand
2015-12-15 17:45   ` Will Deacon
2015-12-16  5:41     ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-11-24 22:25 ` [PATCH v12 10/16] arm64/kexec: Enable kexec in the arm64 defconfig Geoff Levand
2015-11-24 22:25 ` [PATCH v12 11/16] arm64: kdump: reserve memory for crash dump kernel Geoff Levand
2015-12-15 17:29   ` Will Deacon
2015-12-16  5:19     ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-12-16  7:36       ` Pratyush Anand

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