Discussion:
[PATCH v2] kexec/kdump: Minor Documentation updates for arm64 and Image
Bharat Bhushan
2017-05-18 10:53:13 UTC
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This patch have minor updates in Documentation for arm64i as
relocatable kernel.
Also this patch updates documentation for using uncompressed
image "Image" which is used for ARM64.

Signed-off-by: Bharat Bhushan <***@nxp.com>
---
v1->v2
- "a uncompressed" replaced with "an uncompressed"

Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
index 615434d..5181445 100644
--- a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ There are two possible methods of using Kdump.
2) Or use the system kernel binary itself as dump-capture kernel and there is
no need to build a separate dump-capture kernel. This is possible
only with the architectures which support a relocatable kernel. As
- of today, i386, x86_64, ppc64, ia64 and arm architectures support relocatable
- kernel.
+ of today, i386, x86_64, ppc64, ia64, arm and arm64 architectures support
+ relocatable kernel.

Building a relocatable kernel is advantageous from the point of view that
one does not have to build a second kernel for capturing the dump. But
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ For arm:
For arm64:
- Use vmlinux or Image

-If you are using a uncompressed vmlinux image then use following command
+If you are using an uncompressed vmlinux image then use following command
to load dump-capture kernel.

kexec -p <dump-capture-kernel-vmlinux-image> \
@@ -361,6 +361,12 @@ to load dump-capture kernel.
--dtb=<dtb-for-dump-capture-kernel> \
--append="root=<root-dev> <arch-specific-options>"

+If you are using an uncompressed Image, then use following command
+to load dump-capture kernel.
+
+ kexec -p <dump-capture-kernel-Image> \
+ --initrd=<initrd-for-dump-capture-kernel> \
+ --append="root=<root-dev> <arch-specific-options>"

Please note, that --args-linux does not need to be specified for ia64.
It is planned to make this a no-op on that architecture, but for now
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1.9.3
Pratyush Anand
2017-05-22 07:09:59 UTC
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Post by Bharat Bhushan
This patch have minor updates in Documentation for arm64i as
arm64
Post by Bharat Bhushan
relocatable kernel.
Also this patch updates documentation for using uncompressed
image "Image" which is used for ARM64.
---
v1->v2
- "a uncompressed" replaced with "an uncompressed"
Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
index 615434d..5181445 100644
--- a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ There are two possible methods of using Kdump.
2) Or use the system kernel binary itself as dump-capture kernel and there is
no need to build a separate dump-capture kernel. This is possible
only with the architectures which support a relocatable kernel. As
- of today, i386, x86_64, ppc64, ia64 and arm architectures support relocatable
- kernel.
+ of today, i386, x86_64, ppc64, ia64, arm and arm64 architectures support
+ relocatable kernel.
Building a relocatable kernel is advantageous from the point of view that
one does not have to build a second kernel for capturing the dump. But
- Use vmlinux or Image
-If you are using a uncompressed vmlinux image then use following command
+If you are using an uncompressed vmlinux image then use following command
to load dump-capture kernel.
kexec -p <dump-capture-kernel-vmlinux-image> \
@@ -361,6 +361,12 @@ to load dump-capture kernel.
--dtb=<dtb-for-dump-capture-kernel> \
--append="root=<root-dev> <arch-specific-options>"
+If you are using an uncompressed Image, then use following command
+to load dump-capture kernel.
+
+ kexec -p <dump-capture-kernel-Image> \
+ --initrd=<initrd-for-dump-capture-kernel> \
+ --append="root=<root-dev> <arch-specific-options>"
Please note, that --args-linux does not need to be specified for ia64.
It is planned to make this a no-op on that architecture, but for now
Simon Horman
2017-05-22 11:46:10 UTC
Permalink
Post by Bharat Bhushan
This patch have minor updates in Documentation for arm64i as
arm64
Post by Bharat Bhushan
relocatable kernel.
Also this patch updates documentation for using uncompressed
image "Image" which is used for ARM64.
---
v1->v2
- "a uncompressed" replaced with "an uncompressed"
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <***@verge.net.au>

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