Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:12:27 -0700 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH for review] [120/145] i386/x86-64: Improve Kconfig description of CRASH_DUMP |
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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 <ak@suse.de> > > --- > 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).
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