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Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 17:23:58 -0400
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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Subject: Re: [POC][RFC][PATCH 0/2] pstore/mm/x86: Add wildcard memmap to map
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On Tue, 09 Apr 2024 17:02:54 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:

>   memmap=12M*4096:oops   ramoops.mem_name=oops

I forgot to mention that this makes it trivial for any machine that doesn't
clear memory on soft-reboot, to enable console ramoops (to have access to
the last boot dmesg without needing serial).

I tested this on a couple of my test boxes and on QEMU, and it works rather
well.

-- Steve