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From: linas@austin.ibm.com (Linas Vepstas)
To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Cc: mahuja@us.ibm.com, lkessler@us.ibm.com, strosake@us.ibm.com,
	mahuja@austin.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH/RFC 2/6]: phyp dump: config file
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:39:20 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071121223920.GB26122@austin.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071121223639.GB4374@austin.ibm.com>


Add hypervisor-assisted dump to kernel config

Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com>

-----
 arch/powerpc/Kconfig |   11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6.24-rc2-git4/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.24-rc2-git4.orig/arch/powerpc/Kconfig	2007-11-14 16:39:20.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.24-rc2-git4/arch/powerpc/Kconfig	2007-11-15 14:27:33.000000000 -0600
@@ -261,6 +261,17 @@ config CRASH_DUMP
 
 	  Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
 
+config PHYP_DUMP
+	bool "Hypervisor-assisted dump (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	depends on PPC_PSERIES && EXPERIMENTAL
+	default y
+	help
+	  Hypervisor-assisted dump is meant to be a kdump replacement
+	  offering robustness and speed not possible without system
+	  hypervisor assistence.
+
+	  If unsure, say "Y"
+
 config PPCBUG_NVRAM
 	bool "Enable reading PPCBUG NVRAM during boot" if PPLUS || LOPEC
 	default y if PPC_PREP

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-11-21 22:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-21 22:36 [PATCH/RFC 0/6]: phyp dump: hypervisor-assisted dump Linas Vepstas
2007-11-21 22:37 ` [PATCH/RFC 1/6]: phyp dump: Documentation Linas Vepstas
2007-11-21 22:39 ` Linas Vepstas [this message]
2007-11-21 22:40 ` [PATCH/RFC 3/6]: phyp dump: reserve-release proof-of-concept Linas Vepstas
2007-11-21 22:41 ` [PATCH/RFC 4/6]: phyp dump: use sysfs to release reserved mem Linas Vepstas
2007-11-21 22:43 ` [PATCH/RFC 5/6]: phyp dump: register the dump area Linas Vepstas
2007-11-21 22:45 ` [PATCH/RFC 6/6]: phyp dump: debugging print routines Linas Vepstas

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