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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index cff672da2486..709eb3edc6b2 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |||
@@ -603,9 +603,16 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. | |||
603 | a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also | 603 | a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also |
604 | Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for an example. | 604 | Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for an example. |
605 | 605 | ||
606 | crashkernel_high=size[KMG] | ||
607 | [KNL, x86_64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel | ||
608 | to allocate physical memory region from top, so could | ||
609 | be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed. | ||
610 | Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if | ||
611 | available. | ||
612 | It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified. | ||
606 | crashkernel_low=size[KMG] | 613 | crashkernel_low=size[KMG] |
607 | [KNL, x86_64] range under 4G. When crashkernel= is | 614 | [KNL, x86_64] range under 4G. When crashkernel_high= is |
608 | passed, kernel allocate physical memory region | 615 | passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region |
609 | above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system | 616 | above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system |
610 | that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb | 617 | that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb |
611 | requires at least 64M+32K low memory. Kernel would | 618 | requires at least 64M+32K low memory. Kernel would |
@@ -613,6 +620,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. | |||
613 | This one let user to specify own low range under 4G | 620 | This one let user to specify own low range under 4G |
614 | for second kernel instead. | 621 | for second kernel instead. |
615 | 0: to disable low allocation. | 622 | 0: to disable low allocation. |
623 | It will be ignored when crashkernel_high=X is not used | ||
624 | or memory reserved is below 4G. | ||
616 | 625 | ||
617 | cs89x0_dma= [HW,NET] | 626 | cs89x0_dma= [HW,NET] |
618 | Format: <dma> | 627 | Format: <dma> |