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@@ -301,11 +301,13 @@ For ppc64: | |||
301 | Notes on loading the dump-capture kernel: | 301 | Notes on loading the dump-capture kernel: |
302 | 302 | ||
303 | * By default, the ELF headers are stored in ELF64 format to support | 303 | * By default, the ELF headers are stored in ELF64 format to support |
304 | systems with more than 4GB memory. The --elf32-core-headers option can | 304 | systems with more than 4GB memory. On i386, kexec automatically checks if |
305 | be used to force the generation of ELF32 headers. This is necessary | 305 | the physical RAM size exceeds the 4 GB limit and if not, uses ELF32. |
306 | because GDB currently cannot open vmcore files with ELF64 headers on | 306 | So, on non-PAE systems, ELF32 is always used. |
307 | 32-bit systems. ELF32 headers can be used on non-PAE systems (that is, | 307 | |
308 | less than 4GB of memory). | 308 | The --elf32-core-headers option can be used to force the generation of ELF32 |
309 | headers. This is necessary because GDB currently cannot open vmcore files | ||
310 | with ELF64 headers on 32-bit systems. | ||
309 | 311 | ||
310 | * The "irqpoll" boot parameter reduces driver initialization failures | 312 | * The "irqpoll" boot parameter reduces driver initialization failures |
311 | due to shared interrupts in the dump-capture kernel. | 313 | due to shared interrupts in the dump-capture kernel. |