Re: + handle-kernelcore=-boot-parameter-in-common-code-to-avoid-boot-problem-on-ia64.patch added to -mm tree

[Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>]

Mel Gorman wrote:
> On (25/04/07 08:08), Randy Dunlap didst pronounce:
>> On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:04:28 -0700 akpm@linux-foundation.org wrote:
>>
>>> The patch titled
>>>      Handle kernelcore= boot parameter in common code to avoid boot problem on IA64
>>> has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
>>>      handle-kernelcore=-boot-parameter-in-common-code-to-avoid-boot-problem-on-ia64.patch
>>>
>>> *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***
>>>
>>> See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
>>> out what to do about this
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>> Subject: Handle kernelcore= boot parameter in common code to avoid boot problem on IA64
>>> From: Yasunori Goto <y-goto@jp.fujitsu.com>
>>>
>>> When "kernelcore" boot option is specified, kernel can't boot up on ia64
>>> because of an infinite loop.  In addition, the parsing code can be handled
>>> in an architecture-independent manner.
>> Is this boot option documented anywhere in the kernel source tree?
>>
> 
> Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

Thanks, my bad.  I failed to look at that file in -mm.

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~Randy
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