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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-10-27 10:50:54 +0100 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-10-27 10:50:54 +0100 |
| commit | 4944dd62de21230af039eda7cd218e9a09021d11 (patch) | |
| tree | bac70f7bab8506c7e1b0408bacbdb0b1d77262e9 /Documentation/kdump | |
| parent | f17845e5d97ead8fbdadfd40039e058ec7cf4a42 (diff) | |
| parent | 0173a3265b228da319ceb9c1ec6a5682fd1b2d92 (diff) | |
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Merge commit 'v2.6.28-rc2' into tracing/urgent
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diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt index 0705040531a..3f4bc840da8 100644 --- a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt +++ b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt @@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ 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 architecutres which support a relocatable kernel. As - of today, i386, x86_64 and ia64 architectures support relocatable kernel. + of today, i386, x86_64, ppc64 and ia64 architectures support relocatable + kernel. Building a relocatable kernel is advantageous from the point of view that one does not have to build a second kernel for capturing the dump. But @@ -207,8 +208,15 @@ Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, i386 and x86_64) Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, ppc64) ---------------------------------------------------------- -* Make and install the kernel and its modules. DO NOT add this kernel - to the boot loader configuration files. +1) Enable "Build a kdump crash kernel" support under "Kernel" options: + + CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP=y + +2) Enable "Build a relocatable kernel" support + + CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y + + Make and install the kernel and its modules. Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, ia64) ---------------------------------------------------------- |