[PATCH 0/8] powerpc: Kexec fixups and support for booting at 32MB
Haren Myneni
haren at us.ibm.com
Tue Nov 15 06:01:35 EST 2005
Milton Miller wrote:
> I do have comments on this series, but have been slow to write them
> down.
>
> PS: Please copy me on kexec/kdump ppc patches so I can reply with
> references. I read the lists from the web.
Sure, will do that when we post kdump patches again.
>
>
> The following should be in user space / device tree:
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
> + lmb_reserve(0, KDUMP_BACKUP_LIMIT);
> +#endif
>
We are also thinking of reserving this region in kexec-tools. But the
question is what if the user wants to do OF boot at 32MB. With the
current change as it is, we can achieve this. Even I am not sure the
use, but in case ...
Thanks
Haren
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