I agree that the crashkernel size has especially an impact on smaller system.
And right now the size is with 128MB obviously mainly optimized for smaller 
system, but does not really take the needs of bigger ones into account.
However, this is done in a better way on other platforms, where we have a 
setting that is based on ranges, which provides more flexibility, I think.

So I would suggest to introduce such a staged, range-based approach for s390x 
too, like "crashkernel=384M-1G:128M,1G-3G:256M,3G-:512M"
The crashkernel setting is of course configurable, but hitting slightly better 
values by default would improve the user experience and reduce the need for 
manual adjustments - instead of having to adjust it 'all the time' (which of 
course a bit overdrawn).

And btw. I would estimate that an avg. s390x system has nowadys about
4GB RAM; and with the new installer I guess we even have a slightly
higher minimal req. for RAM anyway (and not much people will install
with a higher RAM footprint and reduce it post-install - and I'm also
not sure if it's possible to install on a system with only 384MB RAM
these days ...).

So could such a range-based setting become a valid compromise?

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