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authorBharat Bhushan <Bharat.Bhushan@nxp.com>2017-07-12 17:33:24 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-07-12 19:26:00 -0400
commita711bdc095d2c9b6ad15e737d1cdc46409b09538 (patch)
tree8baec4072d63319127d272a2d056bbf48157a037 /Documentation/kdump
parent1229384f5b856d83698c38f9dedfd836e26711cb (diff)
kexec/kdump: minor Documentation updates for arm64 and Image
Minor updates in Documentation for arm64 as relocatable kernel. Also this patch updates documentation for using uncompressed image "Image" which is used for ARM64. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1495104793-6563-1-git-send-email-Bharat.Bhushan@nxp.com Signed-off-by: Bharat Bhushan <Bharat.Bhushan@nxp.com> Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com> Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org> Cc: Pratyush Anand <panand@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
index 615434d81108..51814450a7f8 100644
--- a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ There are two possible methods of using Kdump.
1122) Or use the system kernel binary itself as dump-capture kernel and there is 1122) Or use the system kernel binary itself as dump-capture kernel and there is
113 no need to build a separate dump-capture kernel. This is possible 113 no need to build a separate dump-capture kernel. This is possible
114 only with the architectures which support a relocatable kernel. As 114 only with the architectures which support a relocatable kernel. As
115 of today, i386, x86_64, ppc64, ia64 and arm architectures support relocatable 115 of today, i386, x86_64, ppc64, ia64, arm and arm64 architectures support
116 kernel. 116 relocatable kernel.
117 117
118Building a relocatable kernel is advantageous from the point of view that 118Building a relocatable kernel is advantageous from the point of view that
119one does not have to build a second kernel for capturing the dump. But 119one does not have to build a second kernel for capturing the dump. But
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ For arm:
339For arm64: 339For arm64:
340 - Use vmlinux or Image 340 - Use vmlinux or Image
341 341
342If you are using a uncompressed vmlinux image then use following command 342If you are using an uncompressed vmlinux image then use following command
343to load dump-capture kernel. 343to load dump-capture kernel.
344 344
345 kexec -p <dump-capture-kernel-vmlinux-image> \ 345 kexec -p <dump-capture-kernel-vmlinux-image> \
@@ -361,6 +361,12 @@ to load dump-capture kernel.
361 --dtb=<dtb-for-dump-capture-kernel> \ 361 --dtb=<dtb-for-dump-capture-kernel> \
362 --append="root=<root-dev> <arch-specific-options>" 362 --append="root=<root-dev> <arch-specific-options>"
363 363
364If you are using an uncompressed Image, then use following command
365to load dump-capture kernel.
366
367 kexec -p <dump-capture-kernel-Image> \
368 --initrd=<initrd-for-dump-capture-kernel> \
369 --append="root=<root-dev> <arch-specific-options>"
364 370
365Please note, that --args-linux does not need to be specified for ia64. 371Please note, that --args-linux does not need to be specified for ia64.
366It is planned to make this a no-op on that architecture, but for now 372It is planned to make this a no-op on that architecture, but for now