Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:17:02 +0530 | From | Hariprasad Nellitheertha <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][x86_64] Introducing the memmap= kernel command line option |
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Andi Kleen wrote: > On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 11:43:55AM +0530, Hariprasad Nellitheertha wrote: > >>Hi Andi, >> >>In order to port kdump to x86_64, we need to have the >>memmap= kernel command line option available. This is so >>that the dump-capture kernel can be booted with a custom >>memory map. >> >>The attached patch adds the memmap= functionality to the >>x86_64 kernel. It is against 2.6.12-rc2-mm3. I have done >>some amount of testing and it is working fine. >> >>Could you kindly review this patch and let me know your >>thoughts on it. > > > You should add a __setup somewhere, otherwise the kernel > will complain about unknown arguments or generate a memmap > variable in inits environment.
Sure. Will add that.
> > Comma parsing would be nice.
Will add this for i386 as well and send out another patch
> > Otherwise it looks ok.
Thanks!
- Hari
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