Re: [PATCH v4 RFT 1/2] powerpc/fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-05-10 Thread Hari Bathini
On Wednesday 10 May 2017 08:28 PM, Michal Suchánek wrote: On Wed, 3 May 2017 12:43:33 +0530 Hari Bathini wrote: On Tuesday 02 May 2017 09:26 PM, Michal Suchanek wrote: With fadump (dump capture) kernel booting like a regular kernel, it almost needs the same

Re: [PATCH v4 RFT 1/2] powerpc/fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-05-10 Thread Michal Suchánek
On Wed, 3 May 2017 12:43:33 +0530 Hari Bathini wrote: > On Tuesday 02 May 2017 09:26 PM, Michal Suchanek wrote: > > With fadump (dump capture) kernel booting like a regular kernel, it > > almost needs the same amount of memory to boot as the production > > kernel,

Re: [PATCH v4 RFT 1/2] powerpc/fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-05-03 Thread Hari Bathini
On Wednesday 03 May 2017 12:43 PM, Hari Bathini wrote: On Tuesday 02 May 2017 09:26 PM, Michal Suchanek wrote: With fadump (dump capture) kernel booting like a regular kernel, it almost needs the same amount of memory to boot as the production kernel, which is unwarranted for a dump

Re: [PATCH v4 RFT 1/2] powerpc/fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-05-03 Thread Hari Bathini
On Tuesday 02 May 2017 09:26 PM, Michal Suchanek wrote: With fadump (dump capture) kernel booting like a regular kernel, it almost needs the same amount of memory to boot as the production kernel, which is unwarranted for a dump capture kernel. But with no option to disable some of the

Re: [PATCH v4 RFT 1/2] powerpc/fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-05-02 Thread Hari Bathini
Hi Michal, On Tuesday 02 May 2017 09:26 PM, Michal Suchanek wrote: With fadump (dump capture) kernel booting like a regular kernel, it almost needs the same amount of memory to boot as the production kernel, which is unwarranted for a dump capture kernel. But with no option to disable some of

[PATCH v4 RFT 1/2] powerpc/fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-05-02 Thread Michal Suchanek
With fadump (dump capture) kernel booting like a regular kernel, it almost needs the same amount of memory to boot as the production kernel, which is unwarranted for a dump capture kernel. But with no option to disable some of the unnecessary subsystems in fadump kernel, that much memory is wasted