Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-04-25 Thread Michal Suchánek
On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 18:43:11 +0530 Hari Bathini wrote: > On Monday 24 April 2017 07:30 PM, Michal Suchánek wrote: > > On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 18:26:37 +0530 > > Hari Bathini wrote: > > > >> Hi Michal. > >> > >>> > >> I thinks there is a mixup here.. > >> I am no longer batting for handover a

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-04-25 Thread Hari Bathini
On Monday 24 April 2017 07:30 PM, Michal Suchánek wrote: On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 18:26:37 +0530 Hari Bathini wrote: Hi Michal. On Monday 24 April 2017 03:54 PM, Michal Suchánek wrote: On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 00:19:55 +0530 Hari Bathini wrote: On Wednesday 19 April 2017 07:38 PM, Michal Suchán

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-04-24 Thread Michal Suchánek
On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 18:26:37 +0530 Hari Bathini wrote: > Hi Michal. > > On Monday 24 April 2017 03:54 PM, Michal Suchánek wrote: > > On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 00:19:55 +0530 > > Hari Bathini wrote: > > > >> On Wednesday 19 April 2017 07:38 PM, Michal Suchánek wrote: > >>> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 14:1

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-04-24 Thread Hari Bathini
Hi Michal. On Monday 24 April 2017 03:54 PM, Michal Suchánek wrote: On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 00:19:55 +0530 Hari Bathini wrote: On Wednesday 19 April 2017 07:38 PM, Michal Suchánek wrote: On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 14:19:47 +1000 Michael Ellerman wrote: Michal Suchánek writes: On Mon, 17 Apr 2017

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-04-24 Thread Michal Suchánek
On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 00:19:55 +0530 Hari Bathini wrote: > On Wednesday 19 April 2017 07:38 PM, Michal Suchánek wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 14:19:47 +1000 > > Michael Ellerman wrote: > > > >> Michal Suchánek writes: > >>> On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 20:43:02 +0530 > >>> Hari Bathini wrote: > >>

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-04-20 Thread Hari Bathini
On Wednesday 19 April 2017 07:38 PM, Michal Suchánek wrote: On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 14:19:47 +1000 Michael Ellerman wrote: Michal Suchánek writes: On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 20:43:02 +0530 Hari Bathini wrote: On Friday 14 April 2017 01:28 AM, Michal Suchánek wrote: more (optional) properties canno

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-04-19 Thread Michal Suchánek
On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 14:19:47 +1000 Michael Ellerman wrote: > Michal Suchánek writes: > > On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 20:43:02 +0530 > > Hari Bathini wrote: > >> On Friday 14 April 2017 01:28 AM, Michal Suchánek wrote: > >> > more (optional) properties cannot be added? > >> > >> Kernel change s

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-04-18 Thread Michael Ellerman
Michal Suchánek writes: > On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 20:43:02 +0530 > Hari Bathini wrote: >> On Friday 14 April 2017 01:28 AM, Michal Suchánek wrote: >> > more (optional) properties cannot be added? >> >> Kernel change seems simple over f/w enhancement.. > > That certainly looks so when you are a ker

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-04-18 Thread Michal Suchánek
On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 20:43:02 +0530 Hari Bathini wrote: > On Friday 14 April 2017 01:28 AM, Michal Suchánek wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 01:59:13 +0530 > > Hari Bathini wrote: > > > >> On Friday 07 April 2017 07:16 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote: > >>> Hari Bathini writes: > On Friday 0

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-04-17 Thread Hari Bathini
On Friday 14 April 2017 01:28 AM, Michal Suchánek wrote: On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 01:59:13 +0530 Hari Bathini wrote: On Friday 07 April 2017 07:16 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote: Hari Bathini writes: On Friday 07 April 2017 07:24 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote: My preference would be that the fadump

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-04-13 Thread Michal Suchánek
On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 01:59:13 +0530 Hari Bathini wrote: > On Friday 07 April 2017 07:16 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote: > > Hari Bathini writes: > >> On Friday 07 April 2017 07:24 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote: > >>> My preference would be that the fadump kernel "just works". If > >>> it's using too

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-04-12 Thread Hari Bathini
On Friday 07 April 2017 07:16 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote: Hari Bathini writes: On Friday 07 April 2017 07:24 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote: My preference would be that the fadump kernel "just works". If it's using too much memory then the fadump kernel should do whatever it needs to use less me

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-04-07 Thread Hari Bathini
Hi Michael, On Friday 07 April 2017 07:16 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote: Hari Bathini writes: On Friday 07 April 2017 07:24 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote: My preference would be that the fadump kernel "just works". If it's using too much memory then the fadump kernel should do whatever it needs to

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-04-07 Thread Michael Ellerman
Hari Bathini writes: > On Friday 07 April 2017 07:24 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote: >> My preference would be that the fadump kernel "just works". If it's >> using too much memory then the fadump kernel should do whatever it needs >> to use less memory, eg. shrinking nr_cpu_ids etc. > >> Do we actual

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-04-07 Thread Hari Bathini
On Friday 07 April 2017 12:54 PM, Hari Bathini wrote: Hi Michael, On Friday 07 April 2017 07:24 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote: Hari Bathini writes: In case of fadump, capture (fadump) kernel boots like a normal kernel. While this has its advantages, the capture kernel would initialize all th

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-04-07 Thread Hari Bathini
Hi Michael, On Friday 07 April 2017 07:24 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote: Hari Bathini writes: In case of fadump, capture (fadump) kernel boots like a normal kernel. While this has its advantages, the capture kernel would initialize all the components like normal kernel, which may not necessaril

Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-04-06 Thread Michael Ellerman
Hari Bathini writes: > In case of fadump, capture (fadump) kernel boots like a normal kernel. > While this has its advantages, the capture kernel would initialize all > the components like normal kernel, which may not necessarily be needed > for a typical dump capture kernel. So, fadump capture k

[PATCH v2 1/2] fadump: reduce memory consumption for capture kernel

2017-02-07 Thread Hari Bathini
In case of fadump, capture (fadump) kernel boots like a normal kernel. While this has its advantages, the capture kernel would initialize all the components like normal kernel, which may not necessarily be needed for a typical dump capture kernel. So, fadump capture kernel ends up needing more memo