* Bernhard Walle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On a x86-64 machine (nothing special I could encounter) I had the
> problem that crashkernel reservation with the usual "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> failed.
> While debugging that, I encountered that dma32_reserve_bootmem()
> reserves a memory region which is in that area.
>
> Because dma32_reserve_bootmem() does not rely on a specific offset but
> crashkernel does, it makes sense to move the dma32_reserve_bootmem()
> reservation down a bit. I tested that patch and it works without
> problems. I don't see any negative effects of that move, but maybe I
> oversaw something ...
>
> While we strictly don't need that patch in 2.6.27 because we have the
> automatic, dynamic offset detection, it makes sense to also include it
> here because:
>
> - it's easier to get it in -stable then,
> - many people are still used to the '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' syntax,
> - not everybody may be using a reloatable kernel.
applied to tip/x86/crashdump, thanks Bernhard.
Ingo
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