From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [RFC 09/10] arm: implement reserve memory early parameter
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:05:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100412210521.GW3048@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9c79bfd3046abe3165a79b6ef10c1938c455fa71.1269854500.git.ext-mika.1.westerberg@nokia.com>
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:26:35PM +0300, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> Implemented mem=size$start early parameter which makes it possible to reserve
> some memory from the kernel. This can be used for dump capture kernels to
> preserve any memory used by the primary kernel.
Please note that if we move ARM over to LMB, these patches will have to
be redone.
However, I'm not sure why this is required - it appears that x86 doesn't
require this kind of feature. Can you explain in more detail how this
new parameter format would be used?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-12 21:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-29 9:26 [RFC 00/10] Initial implementation of kdump for ARM Mika Westerberg
2010-03-29 9:26 ` [RFC 01/10] arm: kdump: reserve memory for crashkernel Mika Westerberg
2010-03-29 9:26 ` [RFC 02/10] arm: kdump: implement crash_setup_regs() Mika Westerberg
2010-03-29 9:26 ` [RFC 03/10] arm: kdump: implement machine_crash_shutdown() Mika Westerberg
2010-03-29 9:26 ` [RFC 04/10] arm: kdump: skip indirection page when crashing Mika Westerberg
2010-03-29 9:26 ` [RFC 05/10] arm: kdump: make kexec work in interrupt context Mika Westerberg
2010-03-29 9:26 ` [RFC 06/10] arm: kdump: implement copy_oldmem_page() Mika Westerberg
2010-03-29 9:26 ` [RFC 07/10] arm: allow passing an ELF64 header to elf_check_arch() Mika Westerberg
2010-03-29 9:26 ` [RFC 08/10] arm: kdump: add support for elfcorehdr= parameter Mika Westerberg
2010-03-29 9:26 ` [RFC 09/10] arm: implement reserve memory early parameter Mika Westerberg
2010-03-29 9:26 ` [RFC 10/10] arm: kdump: add CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP Kconfig option Mika Westerberg
2010-04-12 21:05 ` Russell King - ARM Linux [this message]
2010-04-13 6:37 ` [RFC 09/10] arm: implement reserve memory early parameter Mika Westerberg
2010-04-15 12:40 ` Mika Westerberg
2010-03-29 21:12 ` [RFC 07/10] arm: allow passing an ELF64 header to elf_check_arch() Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-03-30 7:11 ` Mika Westerberg
2010-03-29 23:41 ` Jamie Lokier
2010-03-30 7:26 ` Mika Westerberg
2010-03-30 11:41 ` Jamie Lokier
2010-04-12 20:03 ` [RFC 05/10] arm: kdump: make kexec work in interrupt context Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-04-12 20:01 ` [RFC 02/10] arm: kdump: implement crash_setup_regs() Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-04-13 5:53 ` Mika Westerberg
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