From 69cda7b1f06befb8d6a884b8a663d19dcaef590b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "akpm@osdl.org" Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 20:51:46 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] kdump: x86_64: add memmmap command line option ) From: Vivek Goyal - This patch introduces the memmap option for x86_64 similar to i386. - memmap=exactmap enables setting of an exact E820 memory map, as specified by the user. Changes in this version: - Used e820_end_of_ram() to find the max_pfn as suggested by Andi kleen. - removed PFN_UP & PFN_DOWN macros - Printing the user defined map also. Signed-off-by: Murali M Chakravarthy Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal Cc: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 0dc848bf0b56..12b7d938a897 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ running once the system is up. mem=nopentium [BUGS=IA-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel memory. - memmap=exactmap [KNL,IA-32] Enable setting of an exact + memmap=exactmap [KNL,IA-32,X86_64] Enable setting of an exact E820 memory map, as specified by the user. Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss -- cgit v1.2.3