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
next prev 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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