On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 10:26:49AM -0700, Judith Lebzelter wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 06:12:40PM +0530, Rachita Kothiyal wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 10:23:13AM -0700, Judith Lebzelter wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 09:45:04AM +0900, Horms wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 03:17:03PM -0700, Judith Lebzelter wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > 
> > > > > I installed the kexec tools and was trying to load a newly built 
> > > > > 2.6.21-rc4 kernel using this command:
> > > > > 
> > > > > kexec -p /boot/vmlinux-kdump 
> > > > > --initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.21-rc4-kdump.img --args-linux 
> > > > > --console-serial --elf32-core-headers --append="1 root=LABEL=/ 
> > > > > irqpoll console=ttyS0,38400  , earlyprintk=ttyS0,38400  debug"
> > > > > 
> > > > > but kexec gives an error:  'Cannot load /boot/vmlinux-kdump'
> > > > > 
> > > > > However, when I load with -l:
> > > > > 
> > > > > kexec -l /boot/vmlinux-kdump 
> > > > > --initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.21-rc4-kdump.img --args-linux 
> > > > > --console-serial --elf32-core-headers --append="1 root=LABEL=/ 
> > > > > irqpoll console=ttyS0,38400  , earlyprintk=ttyS0,38400  debug"
> > > > > 
> > > > > I do not see the error.  
> > > > > 
> > > > > Are these options all right for i686?  (I've been doing mostly x86_64 
> > > > > with few problems)
> > > > 
> > > > Which version of kexec-tools are you using?
> > > 
> > > I was using the stable with the patch kexec-tools-1.101-kdump10.
> > > 
> > > > Could you try kexec-tools-testing 20070319-rc?
> > > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/horms/kexec-tools/testing/kexec-tools-testing-20070319-rc.tar.bz2
> > > 
> > > I tried with this one and I get a better error message:
> > > 
> > > Memory for crashkernel is not reserved
> > > Please reserve memory by passing "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" parameter to the 
> > > kernel
> > > Then try loading kdump kernel
> > > 
> > > But this is not true, as I see the crashkernel parameter passed correctly 
> > > on the 
> > > serial console log:  
> > > 
> > > Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,38400n8 console=tty1 ro [EMAIL 
> > > PROTECTED] root=LABEL=/ nmi_watchdog=1
> > 
> > Hi
> > 
> > Does /proc/iomem show the reserved region? Also for what physical location 
> > is
> > the first kernel built?
> 
> 
> /proc/iomem does _not_ show a reserved region.  I guess the -l option must 
> be failing silently.
Hi

Looks like reserving memory([EMAIL PROTECTED]) for crash kernel failed for some 
reason. 
Debug statements in the first kernel might help. What does /proc/iomem show
at this memory range?

This explains why kexec -p is failing. kexec -l would work, since its not
dependent on the crashkernel memory reservation.

Thanks
Rachita
> 
> I have the configuration set to:
> 
> CONFIG_KEXEC=y
> # CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP is not set
> CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x100000
> # CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is not set
> CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN=0x100000
> CONFIG_SYSFS=y
> CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
> 
> 
> This is all that is required according to the Documentation.  I am running 
> FC5.    
> The grub options seem correct to me:
> 
> title 2.6.21-rc4-kexec
>         root (hd0,0)
>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.21-rc4-kexec console=ttyS0,38400n8 console=tty1 
> ro [EMAIL PROTECTED] root=LABEL=/ nmi_watchdog=1
>         initrd /initrd-2.6.21-rc4-kexec.img
> 
> The machine is kind of old, a Pentium III/700.126MHz 8-way.
> 
> Am I missing something obvious?
> 
> Thanks,
> Judith
> 
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Rachita
> > 
> > > 
> > > And it still seems to work with the '-l' option rather than '-p'.
> > > 
> > > Judith
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks
> > > > 
> > > > -- 
> > > > Horms
> > > >   H: http://www.vergenet.net/~horms/
> > > >   W: http://www.valinux.co.jp/en/
> > > 
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