From be089d79c46f5efa77fbdf03c5e576e220bf143f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Ellerman Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 04:34:49 -0700 Subject: kexec: make extended crashkernel= syntax less confusing The extended crashkernel syntax is a little confusing in the way it handles ranges. eg: crashkernel=512M-2G:64M,2G-:128M Means if the machine has between 512M and 2G of memory the crash region should be 64M, and if the machine has 2G of memory the region should be 64M. Only if the machine has more than 2G memory will 128M be allocated. Although that semantic is correct, it is somewhat baffling. Instead I propose that the end of the range means the first address past the end of the range, ie: 512M up to but not including 2G. [bwalle@suse.de: clarify inclusive/exclusive in crashkernel commandline in documentation] Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman Acked-by: Bernhard Walle Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: Simon Horman Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/kdump') diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt index d0ac72cc19ff..b8e52c0355d3 100644 --- a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt +++ b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt @@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ The syntax is: crashkernel=:[,:,...][@offset] range=start-[end] + 'start' is inclusive and 'end' is exclusive. + For example: crashkernel=512M-2G:64M,2G-:128M @@ -253,10 +255,11 @@ This would mean: 1) if the RAM is smaller than 512M, then don't reserve anything (this is the "rescue" case) - 2) if the RAM size is between 512M and 2G, then reserve 64M + 2) if the RAM size is between 512M and 2G (exclusive), then reserve 64M 3) if the RAM size is larger than 2G, then reserve 128M + Boot into System Kernel ======================= -- cgit v1.2.3