Re: [RFC][x86_64] Introducing the memmap= kernel command line option

2005-04-18 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
Andi Kleen wrote: On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 11:43:55AM +0530, Hariprasad Nellitheertha wrote: Hi Andi, In order to port kdump to x86_64, we need to have the memmap= kernel command line option available. This is so that the dump-capture kernel can be booted with a custom memory map. The attached

Re: [RFC][x86_64] Introducing the memmap= kernel command line option

2005-04-18 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
Andi Kleen wrote: On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 11:43:55AM +0530, Hariprasad Nellitheertha wrote: Hi Andi, In order to port kdump to x86_64, we need to have the memmap= kernel command line option available. This is so that the dump-capture kernel can be booted with a custom memory map. The attached

Re: [RFC][x86_64] Introducing the memmap= kernel command line option

2005-04-15 Thread Andi Kleen
On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 11:43:55AM +0530, Hariprasad Nellitheertha wrote: > Hi Andi, > > In order to port kdump to x86_64, we need to have the > memmap= kernel command line option available. This is so > that the dump-capture kernel can be booted with a custom > memory map. > > The attached

[RFC][x86_64] Introducing the memmap= kernel command line option

2005-04-15 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
Hi Andi, In order to port kdump to x86_64, we need to have the memmap= kernel command line option available. This is so that the dump-capture kernel can be booted with a custom memory map. The attached patch adds the memmap= functionality to the x86_64 kernel. It is against 2.6.12-rc2-mm3. I

[RFC][x86_64] Introducing the memmap= kernel command line option

2005-04-15 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
Hi Andi, In order to port kdump to x86_64, we need to have the memmap= kernel command line option available. This is so that the dump-capture kernel can be booted with a custom memory map. The attached patch adds the memmap= functionality to the x86_64 kernel. It is against 2.6.12-rc2-mm3. I

Re: [RFC][x86_64] Introducing the memmap= kernel command line option

2005-04-15 Thread Andi Kleen
On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 11:43:55AM +0530, Hariprasad Nellitheertha wrote: Hi Andi, In order to port kdump to x86_64, we need to have the memmap= kernel command line option available. This is so that the dump-capture kernel can be booted with a custom memory map. The attached patch