Commit 5832f1ae authored by Zhen Lei's avatar Zhen Lei Committed by Catalin Marinas

docs: kdump: Update the crashkernel description for arm64

Now arm64 has added support for "crashkernel=X,high" and
"crashkernel=Y,low". Unlike x86, crash low memory is not allocated if
"crashkernel=Y,low" is not specified.
Signed-off-by: default avatarZhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>
Acked-by: default avatarBaoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220506114402.365-7-thunder.leizhen@huawei.comSigned-off-by: default avatarCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
parent 8af6b91f
...@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ ...@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@
Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example. Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
crashkernel=size[KMG],high crashkernel=size[KMG],high
[KNL, X86-64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel [KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
to allocate physical memory region from top, so could to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed. be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
...@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ ...@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@
that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit low memory is needed to make sure DMA buffers for 32-bit
devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate at devices won't run out. Kernel would try to allocate
at least 256M below 4G automatically. at least 256M below 4G automatically.
This one let user to specify own low range under 4G This one let user to specify own low range under 4G
for second kernel instead. for second kernel instead.
...@@ -829,6 +829,11 @@ ...@@ -829,6 +829,11 @@
It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
or memory reserved is below 4G. or memory reserved is below 4G.
[KNL, ARM64] range in low memory.
This one lets the user specify a low range in the
DMA zone for the crash dump kernel.
It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used.
cryptomgr.notests cryptomgr.notests
[KNL] Disable crypto self-tests [KNL] Disable crypto self-tests
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