Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:42:37 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86, kdump: Set crashkernel_low automatically |
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On 03/11/2013 01:38 PM, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > I totally makes sense to figure out how to load a kernel high. I am not > convinced kexec on panic is the best use of that ability. I would argue > that it might be better to figure out how to use a small memory > foot-print and try to keep that foot-print from growing. >
I could not agree more with this. The whole reason this is a problem is because we are talking about hundreds of megabytes of crashkernel. If we can fix *that* problem, we are much better off.
-hpa
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