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diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt index 88d5a863712a..6c0b9f27e465 100644 --- a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt +++ b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ memory image to a dump file on the local disk, or across the network to a remote system. Kdump and kexec are currently supported on the x86, x86_64, ppc64, ia64, -and s390x architectures. +s390x and arm architectures. When the system kernel boots, it reserves a small section of memory for the dump-capture kernel. This ensures that ongoing Direct Memory Access @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ There are two possible methods of using Kdump. 2) Or use the system kernel binary itself as dump-capture kernel and there is no need to build a separate dump-capture kernel. This is possible only with the architectures which support a relocatable kernel. As - of today, i386, x86_64, ppc64 and ia64 architectures support relocatable + of today, i386, x86_64, ppc64, ia64 and arm architectures support relocatable kernel. Building a relocatable kernel is advantageous from the point of view that @@ -241,6 +241,13 @@ Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, ia64) kernel will be aligned to 64Mb, so if the start address is not then any space below the alignment point will be wasted. +Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, arm) +---------------------------------------------------------- + +- To use a relocatable kernel, + Enable "AUTO_ZRELADDR" support under "Boot" options: + + AUTO_ZRELADDR=y Extended crashkernel syntax =========================== @@ -256,6 +263,10 @@ The syntax is: crashkernel=<range1>:<size1>[,<range2>:<size2>,...][@offset] range=start-[end] +Please note, on arm, the offset is required. + crashkernel=<range1>:<size1>[,<range2>:<size2>,...]@offset + range=start-[end] + 'start' is inclusive and 'end' is exclusive. For example: @@ -296,6 +307,12 @@ Boot into System Kernel on the memory consumption of the kdump system. In general this is not dependent on the memory size of the production system. + On arm, use "crashkernel=Y@X". Note that the start address of the kernel + will be aligned to 128MiB (0x08000000), so if the start address is not then + any space below the alignment point may be overwritten by the dump-capture kernel, + which means it is possible that the vmcore is not that precise as expected. + + Load the Dump-capture Kernel ============================ @@ -315,7 +332,8 @@ For ia64: - Use vmlinux or vmlinuz.gz For s390x: - Use image or bzImage - +For arm: + - Use zImage If you are using a uncompressed vmlinux image then use following command to load dump-capture kernel. @@ -331,6 +349,15 @@ to load dump-capture kernel. --initrd=<initrd-for-dump-capture-kernel> \ --append="root=<root-dev> <arch-specific-options>" +If you are using a compressed zImage, then use following command +to load dump-capture kernel. + + kexec --type zImage -p <dump-capture-kernel-bzImage> \ + --initrd=<initrd-for-dump-capture-kernel> \ + --dtb=<dtb-for-dump-capture-kernel> \ + --append="root=<root-dev> <arch-specific-options>" + + Please note, that --args-linux does not need to be specified for ia64. It is planned to make this a no-op on that architecture, but for now it should be omitted @@ -347,6 +374,9 @@ For ppc64: For s390x: "1 maxcpus=1 cgroup_disable=memory" +For arm: + "1 maxcpus=1 reset_devices" + Notes on loading the dump-capture kernel: * By default, the ELF headers are stored in ELF64 format to support |