From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2992828AbXDYQdc (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:33:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S2992829AbXDYQdc (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:33:32 -0400 Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]:32786 "EHLO agminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2992828AbXDYQdb (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:33:31 -0400 Message-ID: <462F82EB.8020404@oracle.com> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:33:47 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mel Gorman CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, y-goto@jp.fujitsu.com, apw@shadowen.org Subject: Re: + handle-kernelcore=-boot-parameter-in-common-code-to-avoid-boot-problem-on-ia64.patch added to -mm tree References: <200704242104.l3OL4SV3019236@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> <20070425080846.3b03299c.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <20070425162313.GA30246@skynet.ie> In-Reply-To: <20070425162313.GA30246@skynet.ie> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 >>> >>> 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. -- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***