From: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>
To: linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@linux.ibm.com>,
Mahesh J Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.ibm.com>,
Vasant Hegde <hegdevasant@linux.ibm.com>,
Oliver <oohall@gmail.com>, Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>,
Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.ibm.com>,
Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net>
Subject: [PATCH v4 20/25] powerpc/fadump: update documentation about CONFIG_PRESERVE_FA_DUMP
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 17:04:23 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <156327686361.27462.10217751878112140016.stgit@hbathini.in.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <156327668777.27462.5297279227799429100.stgit@hbathini.in.ibm.com>
Kernel config option CONFIG_PRESERVE_FA_DUMP is introduced to ensure
crash data, from previously crash'ed kernel, is preserved. Update
documentation with this details.
Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>
---
Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt
index cd48776..373a9fb 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ firmware versions on PSeries (PowerVM) platform and Power9
and above systems with recent firmware versions on PowerNV
(OPAL) platform.
+On OPAL based machines, system first boots into an intermittent
+kernel (referred to as petitboot kernel) before booting into the
+capture kernel. This kernel would have minimal kernel and/or
+userspace support to process crash data. Such kernel needs to
+preserve previously crash'ed kernel's memory for the subsequent
+capture kernel boot to process this crash data. Kernel config
+option CONFIG_PRESERVE_FA_DUMP has to be enabled on such kernel
+to ensure that crash data is preserved to process later.
+
Implementation details:
----------------------
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-07-16 12:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-07-16 11:31 [PATCH v4 00/25] Add FADump support on PowerNV platform Hari Bathini
2019-07-16 11:32 ` [PATCH v4 01/25] powerpc/fadump: move internal macros/definitions to a new header Hari Bathini
2019-07-16 11:32 ` [PATCH v4 02/25] powerpc/fadump: move internal code to a new file Hari Bathini
2019-07-16 11:32 ` [PATCH v4 03/25] powerpc/fadump: Improve fadump documentation Hari Bathini
2019-08-12 6:55 ` Mahesh Jagannath Salgaonkar
2019-07-16 11:32 ` [PATCH v4 04/25] pseries/fadump: move rtas specific definitions to platform code Hari Bathini
2019-07-16 11:32 ` [PATCH v4 05/25] pseries/fadump: introduce callbacks for platform specific operations Hari Bathini
2019-08-12 9:42 ` Mahesh J Salgaonkar
2019-08-14 6:39 ` Hari Bathini
2019-07-16 11:32 ` [PATCH v4 06/25] pseries/fadump: define register/un-register callback functions Hari Bathini
2019-08-12 16:01 ` Mahesh J Salgaonkar
2019-08-14 6:41 ` Hari Bathini
2019-07-16 11:32 ` [PATCH v4 07/25] pseries/fadump: move out platform specific support from generic code Hari Bathini
2019-08-13 5:16 ` Mahesh J Salgaonkar
2019-07-16 11:32 ` [PATCH v4 08/25] powerpc/fadump: use FADump instead of fadump for how it is pronounced Hari Bathini
2019-07-16 11:33 ` [PATCH v4 09/25] opal: add MPIPL interface definitions Hari Bathini
2019-07-16 11:33 ` [PATCH v4 10/25] powernv/fadump: add fadump support on powernv Hari Bathini
2019-07-16 11:33 ` [PATCH v4 11/25] powernv/fadump: register kernel metadata address with opal Hari Bathini
2019-08-13 10:41 ` Mahesh J Salgaonkar
2019-08-14 7:06 ` Hari Bathini
2019-08-14 10:21 ` Mahesh Jagannath Salgaonkar
2019-08-19 15:49 ` Hari Bathini
2019-07-16 11:33 ` [PATCH v4 12/25] powernv/fadump: define register/un-register callback functions Hari Bathini
2019-08-13 14:34 ` Mahesh J Salgaonkar
2019-08-14 7:11 ` Hari Bathini
2019-07-16 11:33 ` [PATCH v4 13/25] powernv/fadump: support copying multiple kernel memory regions Hari Bathini
2019-08-13 15:03 ` Mahesh J Salgaonkar
2019-08-14 7:14 ` Hari Bathini
2019-07-16 11:33 ` [PATCH v4 14/25] powernv/fadump: process the crashdump by exporting it as /proc/vmcore Hari Bathini
2019-08-14 10:18 ` Mahesh J Salgaonkar
2019-08-14 11:11 ` Hari Bathini
2019-07-16 11:33 ` [PATCH v4 15/25] powerpc/fadump: Update documentation about OPAL platform support Hari Bathini
2019-07-16 11:33 ` [PATCH v4 16/25] powerpc/fadump: consider reserved ranges while reserving memory Hari Bathini
2019-07-16 11:34 ` [PATCH v4 17/25] powerpc/fadump: consider reserved ranges while releasing memory Hari Bathini
2019-07-16 11:34 ` [PATCH v4 18/25] powernv/fadump: process architected register state data provided by firmware Hari Bathini
2019-08-14 17:15 ` Mahesh J Salgaonkar
2019-08-16 2:38 ` Hari Bathini
2019-07-16 11:34 ` [PATCH v4 19/25] powernv/fadump: add support to preserve crash data on FADUMP disabled kernel Hari Bathini
2019-08-16 5:01 ` Mahesh J Salgaonkar
2019-07-16 11:34 ` Hari Bathini [this message]
2019-07-16 11:34 ` [PATCH v4 21/25] powernv/opalcore: export /sys/firmware/opal/core for analysing opal crashes Hari Bathini
2019-07-16 11:34 ` [PATCH v4 22/25] powernv/fadump: Warn before processing partial crashdump Hari Bathini
2019-08-16 5:59 ` Mahesh J Salgaonkar
2019-07-16 11:34 ` [PATCH v4 23/25] powernv/opalcore: provide an option to invalidate /sys/firmware/opal/core file Hari Bathini
2019-07-16 11:34 ` [PATCH v4 24/25] powernv/fadump: consider f/w load area Hari Bathini
2019-07-16 11:35 ` [PATCH v4 25/25] powernv/fadump: update documentation about option to release opalcore Hari Bathini
2019-07-19 6:19 ` [PATCH v4 00/25] Add FADump support on PowerNV platform Hari Bathini
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