[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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