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* [PATCH] PPC64 Kdump documentation updateSimon Horman2007-02-201-11/+13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Patch from Mohan Kumar M to add the ppc64 portions of the kdump documentation. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/481689/focus=3375 Cc: Mohan Kumar M <mohan@in.ibm.com> Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] kexec: fix references to init in documentation for kexecHorms2007-02-121-4/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | I've noticed that the boot options are not correct for in the documentation for kdump. The "init" keyword is not necessary, and causes a kernel panic when booting with an initrd on Fedora 5. [horms@verge.net.au: put original comment with the latest version of the patch] Signed-off-by: Judith Lebzeelter <judith@osdl.org> Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] Kdump documentation update: ia64 portionHorms2007-01-231-7/+29
| | | | | | | | | | this patch fills in the portions for ia64 kexec. Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au> Cc: "Zou, Nanhai" <nanhai.zou@intel.com> Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] Kdump documentation update: kexec-tools updateHorms2007-01-231-4/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | Mohan Kumar suggested making kexec-tools-testing.tar.gz a link to the latest version. I have done this and this patch updates the documentation accordingly. Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au> Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] Kdump documentation updateVivek Goyal2007-01-111-72/+152
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | o Kdump documentation update. - Update details for using relocatable kernel. - Start using kexec-tools-testing release as it is latest and old kexec-tools can't load relocatable bzImage file. - Also add kdump on ia64 specific details. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Cc: Horms <horms@verge.net.au> Cc: Mohan Kumar M <mohan@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* Documentation: remove duplicated wordsPaolo Ornati2006-10-031-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Remove many duplicated words under Documentation/ and do other small cleanups. Examples: "and and" --> "and" "in in" --> "in" "the the" --> "the" "the the" --> "to the" ... Signed-off-by: Paolo Ornati <ornati@fastwebnet.it> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
* fix paniced->panicked typosLee Revell2006-06-261-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | In a testament to the utter simplicity and logic of the English language ;-), I found a single correct use - in kernel/panic.c - and 10-15 incorrect ones. Signed-Off-By: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
* [PATCH] Updated kdump documentationDavid Wilder2006-06-251-125/+295
| | | | | | Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kdump: add dmesg gdbmacro into documentAkinobu Mita2006-01-111-0/+22
| | | | | | | | Add gdb macro which print the kernel ring buffer into kdump docs Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <mita@miraclelinux.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Kdump documentation updateManeesh Soni2006-01-101-70/+79
| | | | | | | | | Update the kdump documentation to reflect the changes due to recent kernel config option changes for kexec and kdump. Signed-off-by: Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] More documentation, minor cleanup in kdump.txtVivek Goyal2005-09-131-3/+8
| | | | | | | | | Added clarification on the root device format to be used for second kernel, as well as specifying initrd if drivers are built as modules. Signed-off-by: Kishore Sampathkumar <kishore.sampathkumar@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Kdump: Documentation UpdateVivek Goyal2005-09-091-8/+8
| | | | | | | | | There are minor changes in command line options in kexec-tools for kdump. This patch updates the documentation to reflect those changes. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kdump documentation update to introduce use of irqpollVivek Goyal2005-06-251-11/+17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | o Specify "irqpoll" command line option which loading second kernel. This helps in reducing driver initialization failures in second kernel due to shared interrupts. o Enabled LAPIC/IOAPIC support for UP kernels in second kernel. This reduces the chances of devices sharing the irq and hence reduces the chances of driver initialization failures in second kernel. o Build a UP capture kernel and disabled SMP support. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kdump: Documentation for KdumpVivek Goyal2005-06-252-0/+314
This patch contains the documentation for the kexec based crash dump tool. Quick kdump-howto ================================================================ 1) Download and build kexec-tools. 2) Download and build the latest kexec/kdump (-mm) kernel patchset. Two kernels need to be built in order to get this feature working. A) First kernel: a) Enable "kexec system call" feature: CONFIG_KEXEC=y b) Physical load address (use default): CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x100000 c) Enable "sysfs file system support": CONFIG_SYSFS=y d) Boot into first kernel with the command line parameter "crashkernel=Y@X": For example: "crashkernel=64M@16M". B) Second kernel: a) Enable "kernel crash dumps" feature: CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP=y b) Physical load addreess, use same load address as X in "crashkernel" kernel parameter in d) above, e.g., 16 MB or 0x1000000. CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x1000000 c) Enable "/proc/vmcore support" (Optional, in Pseudo filesystems). CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE=y 3) Boot into the first kernel. 4) Load the second kernel to be booted using: kexec -p <second-kernel> --crash-dump --args-linux --append="root=<root-dev> maxcpus=1 init 1" 5) System reboots into the second kernel when a panic occurs. A module can be written to force the panic, for testing purposes. 6) See Documentation/kdump.txt for how to read the first kernel's memory image and how to analyze it. Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha <hari@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: randy_dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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