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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst index a748e7eb4429..0302a93b1d40 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ You can use common commands, such as cp, scp or makedumpfile to copy the memory image to a dump file on the local disk, or across the network to a remote system. -Kdump and kexec are currently supported on the x86, x86_64, ppc64, ia64, +Kdump and kexec are currently supported on the x86, x86_64, ppc64, s390x, arm and arm64 architectures. When the system kernel boots, it reserves a small section of memory for @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ There are two possible methods of using Kdump. 2) Or use the system kernel binary itself as dump-capture kernel and there is no need to build a separate dump-capture kernel. This is possible only with the architectures which support a relocatable kernel. As - of today, i386, x86_64, ppc64, ia64, arm and arm64 architectures support + of today, i386, x86_64, ppc64, arm and arm64 architectures support relocatable kernel. Building a relocatable kernel is advantageous from the point of view that @@ -191,9 +191,7 @@ Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, i386 and x86_64) CPU is enough for kdump kernel to dump vmcore on most of systems. However, you can also specify nr_cpus=X to enable multiple processors - in kdump kernel. In this case, "disable_cpu_apicid=" is needed to - tell kdump kernel which cpu is 1st kernel's BSP. Please refer to - admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt for more details. + in kdump kernel. With CONFIG_SMP=n, the above things are not related. @@ -236,24 +234,6 @@ Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, ppc64) Make and install the kernel and its modules. -Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, ia64) ----------------------------------------------------------- - -- No specific options are required to create a dump-capture kernel - for ia64, other than those specified in the arch independent section - above. This means that it is possible to use the system kernel - as a dump-capture kernel if desired. - - The crashkernel region can be automatically placed by the system - kernel at runtime. This is done by specifying the base address as 0, - or omitting it all together:: - - crashkernel=256M@0 - - or:: - - crashkernel=256M - Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, arm) ---------------------------------------------------------- @@ -348,11 +328,6 @@ Boot into System Kernel On ppc64, use "crashkernel=128M@32M". - On ia64, 256M@256M is a generous value that typically works. - The region may be automatically placed on ia64, see the - dump-capture kernel config option notes above. - If use sparse memory, the size should be rounded to GRANULE boundaries. - On s390x, typically use "crashkernel=xxM". The value of xx is dependent on the memory consumption of the kdump system. In general this is not dependent on the memory size of the production system. @@ -383,10 +358,6 @@ For ppc64: - Use vmlinux -For ia64: - - - Use vmlinux or vmlinuz.gz - For s390x: - Use image or bzImage @@ -428,14 +399,10 @@ to load dump-capture kernel:: --initrd=<initrd-for-dump-capture-kernel> \ --append="root=<root-dev> <arch-specific-options>" -Please note, that --args-linux does not need to be specified for ia64. -It is planned to make this a no-op on that architecture, but for now -it should be omitted - Following are the arch specific command line options to be used while loading dump-capture kernel. -For i386, x86_64 and ia64: +For i386 and x86_64: "1 irqpoll nr_cpus=1 reset_devices" @@ -485,8 +452,7 @@ Notes on loading the dump-capture kernel: to use multi-thread programs with it, such as parallel dump feature of makedumpfile. Otherwise, the multi-thread program may have a great performance degradation. To enable multi-cpu support, you should bring up an - SMP dump-capture kernel and specify maxcpus/nr_cpus, disable_cpu_apicid=[X] - options while loading it. + SMP dump-capture kernel and specify maxcpus/nr_cpus options while loading it. * For s390x there are two kdump modes: If a ELF header is specified with the elfcorehdr= kernel parameter, it is used by the kdump kernel as it |