Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 9 Apr 2013 13:12:03 -0400 | From | Vivek Goyal <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] x86, kdump: Change crashkernel_high/low= to crashkernel=;high/low |
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On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 09:49:28AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 04/09/2013 09:47 AM, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 08:00:57AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > >> Please, no semicolons. We already have established syntax for suboptions (option=suboption,suboption,...) and suboptions with parameters (option=suboption:value,...) > > > > Ok, to understand it better, so crashkernel= will look as follows? > > > > crashkernel=suboption[,suboption[,....]][@offset] > > > > A suboption can be. > > > > - A memory value (128[KMG]) > > - A range with value (range:size) > > - Or a property influencing memory allocation behavior (e.g high or low) > > > > If yes, sounds good. > > > > Sorry, I don't quite grok @offset and range:size here.
And @offset means that reserve memory at a particular offset, if available.
Thanks Vivek
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