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From: Greg Hackmann <ghackmann@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] pstore-ram: add Device Tree bindings
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 10:32:08 -0800
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On 11/17/2015 01:17 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
>> +- record-size: maximum size in bytes of each dump done on oops/panic
>> +  (defaults to 0)
>
> Perhaps the default should be something useful.

It's kind of a weird default, but I don't have any ideas for a better one.

First, the size you want is really determined by the number of dumps you 
want to keep in your circular buffer. That's not something I want to 
guess at.

Second, at least IME, a lot of devices legitimately want this set to 0. 
They're pulling in ramoops for the persistent kernel and userspace logs.

>> +- unbuffered: if present, use uncached mappings to map the reserved region
>> +  (defaults to cached mappings)
>
> It defaults to write-combined or buffered which is not really cached.

Will fix.