1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig
index c134a545b37e..e34a4dbd6b92 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -761,6 +761,13 @@ config CRASH_DUMP
        depends on HIGHMEM
        help
          Generate crash dump after being started by kexec.
+          This should be normally only set in special crash dump kernels
+          which are loaded in the main kernel with kexec-tools into
+          a specially reserved region and then later executed after
+          a crash by kdump/kexec. The crash dump kernel must be compiled
+          to a memory address not used by the main kernel or BIOS using
+          PHYSICAL_START.
+          For more details see Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
 config PHYSICAL_START
        hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EMBEDDED || CRASH_DUMP)

diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig index c134a545b37e..e34a4dbd6b92 100644 --- a/arch/i386/Kconfig +++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -761,6 +761,13 @@ config CRASH_DUMP
761	depends on HIGHMEM	761	depends on HIGHMEM
762	help	762	help
763	Generate crash dump after being started by kexec.	763	Generate crash dump after being started by kexec.
		764	This should be normally only set in special crash dump kernels
		765	which are loaded in the main kernel with kexec-tools into
		766	a specially reserved region and then later executed after
		767	a crash by kdump/kexec. The crash dump kernel must be compiled
		768	to a memory address not used by the main kernel or BIOS using
		769	PHYSICAL_START.
		770	For more details see Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
764		771
765	config PHYSICAL_START	772	config PHYSICAL_START
766	hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EMBEDDED \|\| CRASH_DUMP)	773	hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EMBEDDED \|\| CRASH_DUMP)