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From: geoff@infradead.org (Geoff Levand)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 13/15] arm64: kdump: update a kernel doc
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:14:37 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <27c3364cabca808b10c05e80f82ae41a85b00f77.1446836443.git.geoff@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1446836442.git.geoff@infradead.org>

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".)
+
+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
 
 If you are using a uncompressed vmlinux image then use following command
 to load dump-capture kernel.
@@ -377,6 +404,9 @@ For s390x:
 For arm:
 	"1 maxcpus=1 reset_devices"
 
+For arm64:
+	"1 mem=X[MG] 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

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-11-06 19:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-11-06 19:14 [PATCH 00/15] arm64 kexec kernel patches v11 Geoff Levand
2015-11-06 19:14 ` [PATCH 07/15] arm64/kexec: Add core kexec support Geoff Levand
2015-11-06 19:14 ` [PATCH 05/15] arm64: Add back cpu_reset routines Geoff Levand
2015-11-06 19:14 ` [PATCH 03/15] arm64: Add new hcall HVC_CALL_FUNC Geoff Levand
2015-11-06 19:14 ` [PATCH 08/15] arm64/kexec: Add pr_devel output Geoff Levand
2015-11-06 19:14 ` [PATCH 06/15] Revert "arm64: remove dead code" Geoff Levand
2015-11-06 19:14 ` [PATCH 01/15] arm64: Fold proc-macros.S into assembler.h Geoff Levand
2015-11-06 19:14 ` [PATCH 09/15] arm64/kexec: Enable kexec in the arm64 defconfig Geoff Levand
2015-11-06 19:14 ` [PATCH 04/15] arm64: kvm: allows kvm cpu hotplug Geoff Levand
2015-11-06 19:14 ` [PATCH 02/15] arm64: Convert hcalls to use HVC immediate value Geoff Levand
2015-11-06 19:14 ` Geoff Levand [this message]
2015-11-06 19:14 ` [PATCH 14/15] arm64: kdump: enable kdump in the arm64 defconfig Geoff Levand
2015-11-06 19:14 ` [PATCH 10/15] arm64: kdump: reserve memory for crash dump kernel Geoff Levand
2015-11-06 19:14 ` [PATCH 15/15] arm64: kdump: relax BUG_ON() if more than one cpus are still active Geoff Levand
2015-11-06 19:14 ` [PATCH 12/15] arm64: kdump: add kdump support Geoff Levand
2015-11-06 19:14 ` [PATCH 11/15] arm64: kdump: implement machine_crash_shutdown() Geoff Levand
2015-11-10  1:23   ` AKASHI Takahiro
2015-11-10  9:54     ` Will Deacon

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