Documentation: complete crashkernel= parameter documentation

Complete the crashkernel= kernel parameter documentation.

Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwish.07@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 89835a4766a6..050b0e564315 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -545,16 +545,20 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
                         Format:
                         <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
 
-        crashkernel=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
-                        [KNL] Reserve a chunk of physical memory to
-                        hold a kernel to switch to with kexec on panic.
+        crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
+                        [KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
+                        upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
+                        memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
+                        image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
+                        is selected automatically. Check
+                        Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for further details.
 
         crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
                         [KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
                         in the running system. The syntax of range is
                         start-[end] where start and end are both
                         a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
-                        Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for a example.
+                        Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for an example.
 
         cs89x0_dma=     [HW,NET]
                         Format: <dma>