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

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

2005-04-15 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
have done some amount of testing and it is working fine. Could you kindly review this patch and let me know your thoughts on it. Thanks and Regards, Hari This patch adds the 'memmap=' kernel command line option for the x86_64 kernel. Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha <[EMAIL PROTEC

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

2005-04-15 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
have done some amount of testing and it is working fine. Could you kindly review this patch and let me know your thoughts on it. Thanks and Regards, Hari This patch adds the 'memmap=' kernel command line option for the x86_64 kernel. Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha [EMAIL PROTECTED

[PATCH] Sysrq trigger mechanism for kexec based crashdumps

2005-03-31 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
Hi Andrew, The following patch adds a sysrq-trigger mechanism for kexec based crashdumps. Alt-Sysrq-c triggers a kexec based crashdump. Please include this along with the crashdumps patches in the -mm tree. Thanks and Regards, Hari Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha <[EMAIL PROTEC

[PATCH] Sysrq trigger mechanism for kexec based crashdumps

2005-03-31 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
Hi Andrew, The following patch adds a sysrq-trigger mechanism for kexec based crashdumps. Alt-Sysrq-c triggers a kexec based crashdump. Please include this along with the crashdumps patches in the -mm tree. Thanks and Regards, Hari Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [RFC] Obtaining memory information for kexec/kdump

2005-03-28 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
Dave Hansen wrote: On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 15:49 +0530, Hariprasad Nellitheertha wrote: Dave Hansen wrote: I think there's likely a lot of commonality with the needs of memory hotplug systems here. We effectively dump out the physical layout of the system, but in sysfs. We do this mostly because

Re: [RFC] Obtaining memory information for kexec/kdump

2005-03-28 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
Dave Hansen wrote: On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 15:49 +0530, Hariprasad Nellitheertha wrote: Dave Hansen wrote: I think there's likely a lot of commonality with the needs of memory hotplug systems here. We effectively dump out the physical layout of the system, but in sysfs. We do this mostly because

Re: [RFC] Obtaining memory information for kexec/kdump

2005-03-24 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
Dave Hansen wrote: On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 11:19 +0530, Hariprasad Nellitheertha wrote: ... I think there's likely a lot of commonality with the needs of memory hotplug systems here. We effectively dump out the physical layout of the system, but in sysfs. We do this mostly because any memory

Re: [RFC] Obtaining memory information for kexec/kdump

2005-03-24 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
Dave Hansen wrote: On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 11:19 +0530, Hariprasad Nellitheertha wrote: ... I think there's likely a lot of commonality with the needs of memory hotplug systems here. We effectively dump out the physical layout of the system, but in sysfs. We do this mostly because any memory

Re: [RFC][PATCH 5/7] Common code for the activemem map

2005-03-23 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
map. --- Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- linux-2.6.12-rc1-hari/kernel/resource.c | 29 + 1 files changed, 29 insertions(+) diff -puN kernel/resource.c~activemem-common kernel/resource.c --- linux-2.6.12-rc1/kernel/resource.c~act

Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] x86_64 code for the activemem map

2005-03-23 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
Regards, Hari --- This patch contains the x86_64 specific code to generate the /proc/activemem view. --- Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- linux-2.6.12-rc1-hari/arch/x86_64/kernel/e820.c | 37 1 files changed, 37 insertions(+)

Re: [RFC][PATCH 6/7] i386 code for the activemem map

2005-03-23 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
Regards, Hari --- This patch contains the i386 specific code to generate the /proc/activemem view. --- Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- linux-2.6.12-rc1-hari/arch/i386/kernel/efi.c | 31 +++ linux-2.6.12-rc1-hari/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c

Re: [RFC][PATCH 4/7] x86_64 code for the physmem map

2005-03-23 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
Regards, Hari --- This patch contains the x86_64 specific code to generate the /proc/physmem view. --- Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- linux-2.6.12-rc1-hari/arch/x86_64/kernel/e820.c | 55 +--- 1 files changed, 39 insertions(

Re: [RFC][PATCH 3/7] i386 code for the physmem map

2005-03-23 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
Regards, Hari --- This patch contains the i386 specific code to generate the /proc/physmem view. Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- linux-2.6.12-rc1-hari/arch/i386/kernel/efi.c | 134 +++-- linux-2.6.12-rc1-hari/arch/i386/kernel/s

Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] Common code for the physmem map

2005-03-23 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
map. --- Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- linux-2.6.12-rc1-hari/kernel/resource.c | 29 + 1 files changed, 29 insertions(+) diff -puN kernel/resource.c~physmem-common kernel/resource.c --- linux-2.6.12-rc1/kernel/resource.c~p

[RFC] Obtaining memory information for kexec/kdump

2005-03-23 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
Hi, The topic of creating a common interface across architectures for obtaining system RAM information has been discussed on lkml and fastboot for a while now. Kexec needs information about the entire physical RAM present in the system while kdump needs information on the memory that the

[RFC] Obtaining memory information for kexec/kdump

2005-03-23 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
Hi, The topic of creating a common interface across architectures for obtaining system RAM information has been discussed on lkml and fastboot for a while now. Kexec needs information about the entire physical RAM present in the system while kdump needs information on the memory that the

Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/7] Common code for the physmem map

2005-03-23 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
map. --- Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- linux-2.6.12-rc1-hari/kernel/resource.c | 29 + 1 files changed, 29 insertions(+) diff -puN kernel/resource.c~physmem-common kernel/resource.c --- linux-2.6.12-rc1/kernel/resource.c~physmem

Re: [RFC][PATCH 3/7] i386 code for the physmem map

2005-03-23 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
Regards, Hari --- This patch contains the i386 specific code to generate the /proc/physmem view. Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- linux-2.6.12-rc1-hari/arch/i386/kernel/efi.c | 134 +++-- linux-2.6.12-rc1-hari/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c | 82

Re: [RFC][PATCH 4/7] x86_64 code for the physmem map

2005-03-23 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
Regards, Hari --- This patch contains the x86_64 specific code to generate the /proc/physmem view. --- Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- linux-2.6.12-rc1-hari/arch/x86_64/kernel/e820.c | 55 +--- 1 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 16 deletions

Re: [RFC][PATCH 6/7] i386 code for the activemem map

2005-03-23 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
Regards, Hari --- This patch contains the i386 specific code to generate the /proc/activemem view. --- Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- linux-2.6.12-rc1-hari/arch/i386/kernel/efi.c | 31 +++ linux-2.6.12-rc1-hari/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c | 50

Re: [RFC][PATCH 7/7] x86_64 code for the activemem map

2005-03-23 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
Regards, Hari --- This patch contains the x86_64 specific code to generate the /proc/activemem view. --- Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- linux-2.6.12-rc1-hari/arch/x86_64/kernel/e820.c | 37 1 files changed, 37 insertions(+) diff -puN

Re: [RFC][PATCH 5/7] Common code for the activemem map

2005-03-23 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
map. --- Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- linux-2.6.12-rc1-hari/kernel/resource.c | 29 + 1 files changed, 29 insertions(+) diff -puN kernel/resource.c~activemem-common kernel/resource.c --- linux-2.6.12-rc1/kernel/resource.c~activemem

Re: [PATCH 16/29] x86-kexec

2005-01-19 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
Hello Eric, Eric W. Biederman wrote: This is the i386 implementation of kexec. I tried these patches on an i386 box with kexec-tools-1.99. kexec-ing with vmlinux works fine but bzImage still doesnt go through. Is there a newer kexec-tools package that we need to use this with (to take care of

Re: [PATCH 16/29] x86-kexec

2005-01-19 Thread Hariprasad Nellitheertha
Hello Eric, Eric W. Biederman wrote: This is the i386 implementation of kexec. I tried these patches on an i386 box with kexec-tools-1.99. kexec-ing with vmlinux works fine but bzImage still doesnt go through. Is there a newer kexec-tools package that we need to use this with (to take care of