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@@ -777,6 +777,47 @@ config CRASH_DUMP
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PHYSICAL_START.
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For more details see Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
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+config PHYSICAL_START
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+ hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EMBEDDED || CRASH_DUMP)
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+ default "0x100000"
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+ help
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+ This gives the physical address where the kernel is loaded.
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+
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+ If kernel is a not relocatable (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=n) then
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+ bzImage will decompress itself to above physical address and
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+ run from there. Otherwise, bzImage will run from the address where
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+ it has been loaded by the boot loader and will ignore above physical
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+ address.
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+
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+ In normal kdump cases one does not have to set/change this option
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+ as now bzImage can be compiled as a completely relocatable image
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+ (CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y) and be used to load and run from a different
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+ address. This option is mainly useful for the folks who don't want
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+ to use a bzImage for capturing the crash dump and want to use a
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+ vmlinux instead. vmlinux is not relocatable hence a kernel needs
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+ to be specifically compiled to run from a specific memory area
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+ (normally a reserved region) and this option comes handy.
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+
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+ So if you are using bzImage for capturing the crash dump, leave
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+ the value here unchanged to 0x100000 and set CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y.
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+ Otherwise if you plan to use vmlinux for capturing the crash dump
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+ change this value to start of the reserved region (Typically 16MB
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+ 0x1000000). In other words, it can be set based on the "X" value as
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+ specified in the "crashkernel=YM@XM" command line boot parameter
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+ passed to the panic-ed kernel. Typically this parameter is set as
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+ crashkernel=64M@16M. Please take a look at
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+ Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for more details about crash dumps.
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+
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+ Usage of bzImage for capturing the crash dump is recommended as
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+ one does not have to build two kernels. Same kernel can be used
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+ as production kernel and capture kernel. Above option should have
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+ gone away after relocatable bzImage support is introduced. But it
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+ is present because there are users out there who continue to use
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+ vmlinux for dump capture. This option should go away down the
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+ line.
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+
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+ Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
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+
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config RELOCATABLE
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bool "Build a relocatable kernel(EXPERIMENTAL)"
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depends on EXPERIMENTAL
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