Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750828AbWHJVJr (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:09:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750831AbWHJVJq (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:09:46 -0400 Received: from xenotime.net ([66.160.160.81]:36058 "HELO xenotime.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750828AbWHJVJp (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:09:45 -0400 Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:12:27 -0700 From: "Randy.Dunlap" To: Andi Kleen Cc: lkml Subject: Re: [PATCH for review] [120/145] i386/x86-64: Improve Kconfig description of CRASH_DUMP Message-Id: <20060810141227.baa7c1c4.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <20060810193719.52AE513B8E@wotan.suse.de> References: <20060810 935.775038000@suse.de> <20060810193719.52AE513B8E@wotan.suse.de> Organization: YPO4 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.7 (GTK+ 2.8.10; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2530 Lines: 66 On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:37:19 +0200 (CEST) Andi Kleen wrote: > r > > Improve Kconfig description of CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP. Previously > it was too brief to be useful. > > Cc: vgoyal@in.ibm.com > Cc: ebiederm@xmission.com > > Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen > > --- > arch/i386/Kconfig | 7 +++++++ > arch/x86_64/Kconfig | 9 ++++++++- > 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > Index: linux/arch/i386/Kconfig > =================================================================== > --- linux.orig/arch/i386/Kconfig > +++ linux/arch/i386/Kconfig > @@ -759,6 +759,13 @@ config CRASH_DUMP > depends on HIGHMEM > help > Generate crash dump after being started by kexec. > + This should be normally only set in special crash dump kernels > + which are loaded in the main kernel with kexec-tools into > + a specially reserved region and then later executed after > + a crash by kdump/kexec. The crash dump kernel must be compiled > + to a memory address not used by the main kernel or BIOS using > + PHYSICAL_START. > + For more details see Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt > > config PHYSICAL_START > hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EMBEDDED || CRASH_DUMP) > Index: linux/arch/x86_64/Kconfig > =================================================================== > --- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/Kconfig > +++ linux/arch/x86_64/Kconfig > @@ -484,7 +484,14 @@ config CRASH_DUMP > bool "kernel crash dumps (EXPERIMENTAL)" > depends on EXPERIMENTAL > help > - Generate crash dump after being started by kexec. > + Generate crash dump after being started by kexec. > + This should be normally only set in special crash dump kernels > + which are loaded in the main kernel with kexec-tools into > + a specially reserved region and then later executed after > + a crash by kdump/kexec. The crash dump kernel must be compiled > + to a memory address not used by the main kernel or BIOS using > + PHYSICAL_START. > + For more details see Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt > > config PHYSICAL_START > hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EMBEDDED || CRASH_DUMP) > - Please fix indentation (use tabs consistently). --- ~Randy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/