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author | 2017-05-08 18:17:56 -0700 | |
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committer | 2017-05-08 18:17:56 -0700 | |
commit | bf5f89463f5b3109a72ed13ca62b57e90213387d (patch) | |
tree | f9f288a341dd86efa996f7a08fb425eae34eb446 /Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt | |
parent | Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm (diff) | |
parent | drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_hash.c: fix build with gcc-4.4.4 (diff) | |
download | linux-dev-bf5f89463f5b3109a72ed13ca62b57e90213387d.tar.xz linux-dev-bf5f89463f5b3109a72ed13ca62b57e90213387d.zip |
Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
Merge more updates from Andrew Morton:
- the rest of MM
- various misc things
- procfs updates
- lib/ updates
- checkpatch updates
- kdump/kexec updates
- add kvmalloc helpers, use them
- time helper updates for Y2038 issues. We're almost ready to remove
current_fs_time() but that awaits a btrfs merge.
- add tracepoints to DAX
* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (114 commits)
drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_hash.c: fix build with gcc-4.4.4
selftests/vm: add a test for virtual address range mapping
dax: add tracepoint to dax_insert_mapping()
dax: add tracepoint to dax_writeback_one()
dax: add tracepoints to dax_writeback_mapping_range()
dax: add tracepoints to dax_load_hole()
dax: add tracepoints to dax_pfn_mkwrite()
dax: add tracepoints to dax_iomap_pte_fault()
mtd: nand: nandsim: convert to memalloc_noreclaim_*()
treewide: convert PF_MEMALLOC manipulations to new helpers
mm: introduce memalloc_noreclaim_{save,restore}
mm: prevent potential recursive reclaim due to clearing PF_MEMALLOC
mm/huge_memory.c: deposit a pgtable for DAX PMD faults when required
mm/huge_memory.c: use zap_deposited_table() more
time: delete CURRENT_TIME_SEC and CURRENT_TIME
gfs2: replace CURRENT_TIME with current_time
apparmorfs: replace CURRENT_TIME with current_time()
lustre: replace CURRENT_TIME macro
fs: ubifs: replace CURRENT_TIME_SEC with current_time
fs: ufs: use ktime_get_real_ts64() for birthtime
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diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt index 19b1e3d09a19..9cabaf8a207e 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt @@ -55,10 +55,14 @@ as follows: booted with restricted memory. By default, the boot memory size will be the larger of 5% of system RAM or 256MB. Alternatively, user can also specify boot memory size - through boot parameter 'fadump_reserve_mem=' which will - override the default calculated size. Use this option - if default boot memory size is not sufficient for second - kernel to boot successfully. + through boot parameter 'crashkernel=' which will override + the default calculated size. Use this option if default + boot memory size is not sufficient for second kernel to + boot successfully. For syntax of crashkernel= parameter, + refer to Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt. If any offset is + provided in crashkernel= parameter, it will be ignored + as fadump reserves memory at end of RAM for boot memory + dump preservation in case of a crash. -- After the low memory (boot memory) area has been saved, the firmware will reset PCI and other hardware state. It will @@ -158,13 +162,16 @@ How to enable firmware-assisted dump (fadump): 1. Set config option CONFIG_FA_DUMP=y and build kernel. 2. Boot into linux kernel with 'fadump=on' kernel cmdline option. -3. Optionally, user can also set 'fadump_reserve_mem=' kernel cmdline +3. Optionally, user can also set 'crashkernel=' kernel cmdline to specify size of the memory to reserve for boot memory dump preservation. -NOTE: If firmware-assisted dump fails to reserve memory then it will - fallback to existing kdump mechanism if 'crashkernel=' option - is set at kernel cmdline. +NOTE: 1. 'fadump_reserve_mem=' parameter has been deprecated. Instead + use 'crashkernel=' to specify size of the memory to reserve + for boot memory dump preservation. + 2. If firmware-assisted dump fails to reserve memory then it + will fallback to existing kdump mechanism if 'crashkernel=' + option is set at kernel cmdline. Sysfs/debugfs files: ------------ |