Messages in this thread | | | From | (Eric W. Biederman) | Date | Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:49:24 -0700 | Subject | Re: [Patch 0/8] V3 Implement crashkernel=auto |
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Bernhard Walle <bernhard.walle@gmx.de> writes:
> * Amerigo Wang <amwang@redhat.com> [2009-08-13 10:19]: >> Sure. >> >> But if we disable CONFIG_KEXEC_AUTO_RESERVE, that means >> crashkernel=auto will be invalid, this is the same as it is now. > > Ok, but since 'crashkernel=auto' is not used today, nobody has > 'crashkernel=auto' in the bootloader configuration. So I don't see any > practial advantage of that config option. > > Eric, what's your opinion on that, do we need a config option > CONFIG_KEXEC_AUTO_RESERVE or could we just implement that feature > unconditionally (if CONFIG_KEXEC is enabled, of course).
The only reason I can see the option going away would be a dependency on CONFIG_HOTPLUG_MEM.
Eric
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