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

Manish Ahuja ahuja at austin.ibm.com
Mon Feb 18 16:45:47 EST 2008



Add hypervisor-assisted dump to kernel config

Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linasvepstas at gmail.com>

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

Index: 2.6.25-rc1/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- 2.6.25-rc1.orig/arch/powerpc/Kconfig	2008-02-18 03:22:06.000000000 -0600
+++ 2.6.25-rc1/arch/powerpc/Kconfig	2008-02-18 03:22:45.000000000 -0600
@@ -306,6 +306,17 @@ 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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