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    handle kernelcore=: generic · ed7ed365
    Mel Gorman authored
    This patch adds the kernelcore= parameter for x86.
    
    Once all patches are applied, a new command-line parameter exist and a new
    sysctl.  This patch adds the necessary documentation.
    
    From: Yasunori Goto <y-goto@jp.fujitsu.com>
    
      When "kernelcore" boot option is specified, kernel can't boot up on ia64
      because of an infinite loop.  In addition, the parsing code can be handled
      in an architecture-independent manner.
    
      This patch uses common code to handle the kernelcore= parameter.  It is
      only available to architectures that support arch-independent zone-sizing
      (i.e.  define CONFIG_ARCH_POPULATES_NODE_MAP).  Other architectures will
      ignore the boot parameter.
    
    [bunk@stusta.de: make cmdline_parse_kernelcore() static]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarYasunori Goto <y-goto@jp.fujitsu.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarAndy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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