Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:49:28 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] x86, kdump: Change crashkernel_high/low= to crashkernel=;high/low |
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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.
What exactly does those bits do?
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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