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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-10-23 19:28:25 +0400 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-10-23 19:28:25 +0400 |
| commit | 9bf9b2f3ad6362cdc9ef79291d440a92960b8f51 (patch) | |
| tree | c50a317a619096a6ec84c243fafef50388004df6 /Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt | |
| parent | 9779a8325a9bbf4ccd3853e0e4064984cf9da9c9 (diff) | |
| parent | 54622f10a6aabb8bb2bdacf3dd070046f03dc246 (diff) | |
| download | linux-9bf9b2f3ad6362cdc9ef79291d440a92960b8f51.tar.xz | |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (53 commits)
powerpc: Support for relocatable kdump kernel
powerpc: Don't use a 16G page if beyond mem= limits
powerpc: Add del_node() for early boot code to prune inapplicable devices.
powerpc: Further compile fixup for STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS
powerpc: Remove empty #else from signal_64.c
powerpc: Move memory size print into common show_cpuinfo for 32-bit
hvc_console: Remove __devexit annotation of hvc_remove()
hvc_console: Add support for tty window resizing
hvc_console: Fix loop if put_char() returns 0
hvc_console: Add tty driver flag TTY_DRIVER_RESET_TERMIOS
hvc_console: Add a hangup notifier for backends
powerpc/83xx: Add DS1339 RTC support for MPC8349E-mITX boards .dts
powerpc/83xx: Add support for MCU microcontroller in .dts files
powerpc/85xx: Move mpc8572ds.dts to address-cells/size-cells = <2>
of/spi: Support specifying chip select as active high via device tree
powerpc: Remove device_type = "board_control" properties in .dts files
i2c-cpm: Suppress autoprobing for devices
powerpc/85xx: Fix mpc8536ds dma interrupt numbers
powerpc/85xx: Enable enhanced functions for 8536 TSEC
powerpc: Delete unused prom_strtoul and prom_memparse
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt index 0705040531a5..3f4bc840da8b 100644 --- a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt +++ b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt @@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ There are two possible methods of using Kdump. 2) Or use the system kernel binary itself as dump-capture kernel and there is no need to build a separate dump-capture kernel. This is possible only with the architecutres which support a relocatable kernel. As - of today, i386, x86_64 and ia64 architectures support relocatable kernel. + of today, i386, x86_64, ppc64 and ia64 architectures support relocatable + kernel. Building a relocatable kernel is advantageous from the point of view that one does not have to build a second kernel for capturing the dump. But @@ -207,8 +208,15 @@ Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, i386 and x86_64) Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, ppc64) ---------------------------------------------------------- -* Make and install the kernel and its modules. DO NOT add this kernel - to the boot loader configuration files. +1) Enable "Build a kdump crash kernel" support under "Kernel" options: + + CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP=y + +2) Enable "Build a relocatable kernel" support + + CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y + + Make and install the kernel and its modules. Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, ia64) ---------------------------------------------------------- |