[PATCH 8/8] pseries: phyp dump: config file

Manish Ahuja ahuja at austin.ibm.com
Tue Feb 12 18:21:35 EST 2008


Add hypervisor-assisted dump to kernel config

Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas at austin.ibm.com>

-----
 arch/powerpc/Kconfig |   11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

Index: 2.6.24-rc5/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- 2.6.24-rc5.orig/arch/powerpc/Kconfig	2008-02-12 06:12:08.000000000 -0600
+++ 2.6.24-rc5/arch/powerpc/Kconfig	2008-02-12 06:13:24.000000000 -0600
@@ -266,6 +266,17 @@ config CRASH_DUMP
 
 	  Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
 
+config PHYP_DUMP
+	bool "Hypervisor-assisted dump (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	depends on PPC_PSERIES && EXPERIMENTAL
+	default y
+	help
+	  Hypervisor-assisted dump is meant to be a kdump replacement
+	  offering robustness and speed not possible without system
+	  hypervisor assistence.
+
+	  If unsure, say "Y"
+
 config PPCBUG_NVRAM
 	bool "Enable reading PPCBUG NVRAM during boot" if PPLUS || LOPEC
 	default y if PPC_PREP



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