linux/Documentation/kdump, branch v3.0.62

kdump: update kexec-tools URL and Vivek's email

2010-11-25T13:36:38Z

Signed-off-by: Simon Horman Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina

trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes

2009-06-12T16:01:47Z

Fix various typos in documentation txts. Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina

powerpc: Support for relocatable kdump kernel

2008-10-22T04:01:22Z

This adds relocatable kernel support for kdump. With this one can use the same regular kernel to capture the kdump. A signature (0xfeed1234) is passed in r6 from panic code to the next kernel through kexec_sequence and purgatory code. The signature is used to differentiate between kdump kernel and non-kdump kernels. The purgatory code compares the signature and sets the __kdump_flag in head_64.S. During the boot up, kernel code checks __kdump_flag and if it is set, the kernel will behave as relocatable kdump kernel. This kernel will boot at the address where it was loaded by kexec-tools ie. at the address reserved through crashkernel boot parameter. CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP depends on CONFIG_RELOCATABLE option to build kdump kernel as relocatable. So the same kernel can be used as production and kdump kernel. This patch incorporates the changes suggested by Paul Mackerras to avoid GOT use and to avoid two copies of the code. Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras Signed-off-by: Mohan Kumar M Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

kdump: update kdump documentation as kexec-tools-resting has been renamed kexec-tools

2008-07-28T23:30:21Z

Signed-off-by: Simon Horman Acked-by: Vivek Goyal Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

x86: fix documentation bug about relocatability

2008-07-08T11:16:18Z

This patch fixes a small bug in documentation: x86_64 also has now the ability to build a relocatable kernel. Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle Cc: vgoyal@redhat.com Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

kexec: make extended crashkernel= syntax less confusing

2008-05-01T15:04:00Z

The extended crashkernel syntax is a little confusing in the way it handles ranges. eg: crashkernel=512M-2G:64M,2G-:128M Means if the machine has between 512M and 2G of memory the crash region should be 64M, and if the machine has 2G of memory the region should be 64M. Only if the machine has more than 2G memory will 128M be allocated. Although that semantic is correct, it is somewhat baffling. Instead I propose that the end of the range means the first address past the end of the range, ie: 512M up to but not including 2G. [bwalle@suse.de: clarify inclusive/exclusive in crashkernel commandline in documentation] Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman Acked-by: Bernhard Walle Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: Simon Horman Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Add documentation for extended crashkernel syntax

2007-10-19T18:53:51Z

This adds the documentation for the extended crashkernel syntax into Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt. Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: "Luck, Tony" Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Paul Mundt Cc: Vivek Goyal Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

kdump: documentation cleanups

2007-10-17T15:43:06Z

This cleans up kdump documentation a bit. Plus I do not think we want to mention Linux trademark in _every_ file in documentation.... Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Add reset_devices to the recommended parameters

2007-10-17T15:43:06Z

This patch adds the "reset_devices" option (that's used only by one device driver for now) to the recommended list of command line parameters for kdump. Meaning (Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt): reset_devices [KNL] Force drivers to reset the underlying device during initialization. Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" Cc: Vivek Goyal Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: Haren Myneni Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Express new ELF32 mechanisms in documentation

2007-10-17T15:43:06Z

This patch reflects the http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/horms/kexec-tools-testing.git;a=commit;h=b9c3648e690ad0dad12389659673206213a09760 change in kexec-tools-testing also now in the kernel documentation. Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" Cc: Vivek Goyal Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: Haren Myneni Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds