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SubjectRe: [RFC][x86_64] Introducing the memmap= kernel command line option
On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 11:43:55AM +0530, Hariprasad Nellitheertha wrote:
> Hi Andi,
>
> In order to port kdump to x86_64, we need to have the
> memmap= kernel command line option available. This is so
> that the dump-capture kernel can be booted with a custom
> memory map.
>
> The attached patch adds the memmap= functionality to the
> x86_64 kernel. It is against 2.6.12-rc2-mm3. I have done
> some amount of testing and it is working fine.
>
> Could you kindly review this patch and let me know your
> thoughts on it.

You should add a __setup somewhere, otherwise the kernel
will complain about unknown arguments or generate a memmap
variable in inits environment.

Comma parsing would be nice.

Otherwise it looks ok.

-Andi
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