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diff --git a/fs/pstore/Kconfig b/fs/pstore/Kconfig
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@@ -11,3 +11,20 @@ config PSTORE
(e.g. ACPI_APEI on X86) which will select this for you.
If you don't have a platform persistent store driver,
say N.
+
+config PSTORE_RAM
+ tristate "Log panic/oops to a RAM buffer"
+ depends on PSTORE
+ depends on HAS_IOMEM
+ depends on HAVE_MEMBLOCK
+ select REED_SOLOMON
+ select REED_SOLOMON_ENC8
+ select REED_SOLOMON_DEC8
+ help
+ This enables panic and oops messages to be logged to a circular
+ buffer in RAM where it can be read back at some later point.
+
+ Note that for historical reasons, the module will be named
+ "ramoops.ko".
+
+ For more information, see Documentation/ramoops.txt.