On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 10:23:13AM -0700, Judith Lebzelter wrote: > On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 09:45:04AM +0900, Horms wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 03:17:03PM -0700, Judith Lebzelter wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I installed the kexec tools and was trying to load a newly built > > > 2.6.21-rc4 kernel using this command: > > > > > > kexec -p /boot/vmlinux-kdump --initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.21-rc4-kdump.img > > > --args-linux --console-serial --elf32-core-headers --append="1 > > > root=LABEL=/ irqpoll console=ttyS0,38400 , earlyprintk=ttyS0,38400 > > > debug" > > > > > > but kexec gives an error: 'Cannot load /boot/vmlinux-kdump' > > > > > > However, when I load with -l: > > > > > > kexec -l /boot/vmlinux-kdump --initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.21-rc4-kdump.img > > > --args-linux --console-serial --elf32-core-headers --append="1 > > > root=LABEL=/ irqpoll console=ttyS0,38400 , earlyprintk=ttyS0,38400 > > > debug" > > > > > > I do not see the error. > > > > > > Are these options all right for i686? (I've been doing mostly x86_64 > > > with few problems) > > > > Which version of kexec-tools are you using? > > I was using the stable with the patch kexec-tools-1.101-kdump10. > > > Could you try kexec-tools-testing 20070319-rc? > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/horms/kexec-tools/testing/kexec-tools-testing-20070319-rc.tar.bz2 > > I tried with this one and I get a better error message: > > Memory for crashkernel is not reserved > Please reserve memory by passing "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" parameter to the kernel > Then try loading kdump kernel > > But this is not true, as I see the crashkernel parameter passed correctly on > the > serial console log: > > Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,38400n8 console=tty1 ro [EMAIL PROTECTED] > root=LABEL=/ nmi_watchdog=1
Hi Does /proc/iomem show the reserved region? Also for what physical location is the first kernel built? Thanks Rachita > > And it still seems to work with the '-l' option rather than '-p'. > > Judith > > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > Horms > > H: http://www.vergenet.net/~horms/ > > W: http://www.valinux.co.jp/en/ > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > _______________________________________________ > fastboot mailing list > fastboot@lists.linux-foundation.org > https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/fastboot _______________________________________________ fastboot mailing list fastboot@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/fastboot
