From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: geoff@infradead.org (Geoff Levand) Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2016 20:08:45 +0000 Subject: [PATCH v18 12/13] arm64: kdump: update a kernel doc In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org From: AKASHI Takahiro This patch adds arch specific descriptions about kdump usage on arm64 to kdump.txt. Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro --- Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt index 88ff63d..5d6da09 100644 --- a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt +++ b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ memory image to a dump file on the local disk, or across the network to a remote system. Kdump and kexec are currently supported on the x86, x86_64, ppc64, ia64, -s390x and arm architectures. +s390x, arm and arm64 architectures. When the system kernel boots, it reserves a small section of memory for the dump-capture kernel. This ensures that ongoing Direct Memory Access @@ -249,6 +249,12 @@ Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, arm) AUTO_ZRELADDR=y +Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, arm64) +---------------------------------------------------------- + +1) Currently, kvm will not be enabled on the dump-capture kernel even + if it is configured. + Extended crashkernel syntax =========================== @@ -305,6 +311,8 @@ Boot into System Kernel kernel will automatically locate the crash kernel image within the first 512MB of RAM if X is not given. + On arm64, use "crashkernel=Y[@X]". Note that the start address of + the kernel, X if explicitly specified, must be aligned to 2MiB (0x200000). Load the Dump-capture Kernel ============================ @@ -327,6 +335,8 @@ For s390x: - Use image or bzImage For arm: - Use zImage +For arm64: + - Use vmlinux or Image If you are using a uncompressed vmlinux image then use following command to load dump-capture kernel. @@ -370,6 +380,9 @@ For s390x: For arm: "1 maxcpus=1 reset_devices" +For arm64: + "1 maxcpus=1 reset_devices" + Notes on loading the dump-capture kernel: * By default, the ELF headers are stored in ELF64 format to support -- 2.5.0 From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: From: Geoff Levand Subject: [PATCH v18 12/13] arm64: kdump: update a kernel doc Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2016 20:08:45 +0000 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "kexec" Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: Catalin Marinas , Will Deacon Cc: Mark Rutland , marc.zyngier@arm.com, kexec@lists.infradead.org, AKASHI Takahiro , James Morse , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org From: AKASHI Takahiro This patch adds arch specific descriptions about kdump usage on arm64 to kdump.txt. Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro --- Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt index 88ff63d..5d6da09 100644 --- a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt +++ b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ memory image to a dump file on the local disk, or across the network to a remote system. Kdump and kexec are currently supported on the x86, x86_64, ppc64, ia64, -s390x and arm architectures. +s390x, arm and arm64 architectures. When the system kernel boots, it reserves a small section of memory for the dump-capture kernel. This ensures that ongoing Direct Memory Access @@ -249,6 +249,12 @@ Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, arm) AUTO_ZRELADDR=y +Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, arm64) +---------------------------------------------------------- + +1) Currently, kvm will not be enabled on the dump-capture kernel even + if it is configured. + Extended crashkernel syntax =========================== @@ -305,6 +311,8 @@ Boot into System Kernel kernel will automatically locate the crash kernel image within the first 512MB of RAM if X is not given. + On arm64, use "crashkernel=Y[@X]". Note that the start address of + the kernel, X if explicitly specified, must be aligned to 2MiB (0x200000). Load the Dump-capture Kernel ============================ @@ -327,6 +335,8 @@ For s390x: - Use image or bzImage For arm: - Use zImage +For arm64: + - Use vmlinux or Image If you are using a uncompressed vmlinux image then use following command to load dump-capture kernel. @@ -370,6 +380,9 @@ For s390x: For arm: "1 maxcpus=1 reset_devices" +For arm64: + "1 maxcpus=1 reset_devices" + Notes on loading the dump-capture kernel: * By default, the ELF headers are stored in ELF64 format to support -- 2.5.0 _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec