Re: [PATCH] Reserve memory for kdump kernel within RMO region

2009-11-27 Thread M. Mohan Kumar
On 11/27/2009 12:56 AM, Bernhard Walle wrote: M. Mohan Kumar schrieb: On 11/26/2009 12:22 AM, Bernhard Walle wrote: M. Mohan Kumar schrieb: Reserve memory for kdump kernel within RMO region When the kernel size exceeds 32MB(observed with some distros), memory for kdump kernel can not be

Re: [PATCH] Reserve memory for kdump kernel within RMO region

2009-11-27 Thread Simon Horman
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 02:05:46PM +0530, M. Mohan Kumar wrote: On 11/27/2009 12:56 AM, Bernhard Walle wrote: M. Mohan Kumar schrieb: On 11/26/2009 12:22 AM, Bernhard Walle wrote: M. Mohan Kumar schrieb: Reserve memory for kdump kernel within RMO region When the kernel size exceeds

Re: [PATCH] Reserve memory for kdump kernel within RMO region

2009-11-27 Thread M. Mohan Kumar
Hi, As of now the kdump kernel base is fixed to be 32MB. The intention of this patch is to modify that behaviour (for relocatable kernels) * Regular kernel size may exceed 32MB, in this case we can't have kdump kernelbase as 32MB. * crashkernel=auto also assumes that kdump kernelbase as

Re: [PATCH] Reserve memory for kdump kernel within RMO region

2009-11-27 Thread Bernhard Walle
M. Mohan Kumar schrieb: Hi, As of now the kdump kernel base is fixed to be 32MB. The intention of this patch is to modify that behaviour (for relocatable kernels) * Regular kernel size may exceed 32MB, in this case we can't have kdump kernelbase as 32MB. * crashkernel=auto also

Re: [PATCH] Reserve memory for kdump kernel within RMO region

2009-11-26 Thread M. Mohan Kumar
On 11/26/2009 12:22 AM, Bernhard Walle wrote: M. Mohan Kumar schrieb: Reserve memory for kdump kernel within RMO region When the kernel size exceeds 32MB(observed with some distros), memory for kdump kernel can not be reserved as kdump kernel base is assumed to be 32MB always. When the kernel

Re: [PATCH] Reserve memory for kdump kernel within RMO region

2009-11-26 Thread Bernhard Walle
M. Mohan Kumar schrieb: On 11/26/2009 12:22 AM, Bernhard Walle wrote: M. Mohan Kumar schrieb: Reserve memory for kdump kernel within RMO region When the kernel size exceeds 32MB(observed with some distros), memory for kdump kernel can not be reserved as kdump kernel base is assumed to be

[PATCH] Reserve memory for kdump kernel within RMO region

2009-11-25 Thread M. Mohan Kumar
Reserve memory for kdump kernel within RMO region When the kernel size exceeds 32MB(observed with some distros), memory for kdump kernel can not be reserved as kdump kernel base is assumed to be 32MB always. When the kernel has CONFIG_RELOCATABLE option enabled, provide the feature to reserve the

Re: [PATCH] Reserve memory for kdump kernel within RMO region

2009-11-25 Thread Bernhard Walle
M. Mohan Kumar schrieb: Reserve memory for kdump kernel within RMO region When the kernel size exceeds 32MB(observed with some distros), memory for kdump kernel can not be reserved as kdump kernel base is assumed to be 32MB always. When the kernel has CONFIG_RELOCATABLE option enabled,