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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/i386/kernel/setup.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c | 9 |
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 12b7d938a897..dd0bfc291a68 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -475,10 +475,11 @@ running once the system is up. See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt and Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details. - elfcorehdr= [IA-32] + elfcorehdr= [IA-32, X86_64] Specifies physical address of start of kernel core - image elf header. - See Documentation/kdump.txt for details. + image elf header. Generally kexec loader will + pass this option to capture kernel. + See Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for details. enforcing [SELINUX] Set initial enforcing status. Format: {"0" | "1"} diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c b/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c index 27c956db0461..f685637a100d 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c @@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ static void __init parse_cmdline_early (char ** cmdline_p) } } #endif -#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP +#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE /* elfcorehdr= specifies the location of elf core header * stored by the crashed kernel. */ diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c index ff9620b800c0..a0e0c9ca8f10 100644 --- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c +++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ #include <asm/processor.h> #include <linux/console.h> #include <linux/seq_file.h> +#include <linux/crash_dump.h> #include <linux/root_dev.h> #include <linux/pci.h> #include <linux/acpi.h> @@ -418,6 +419,14 @@ static __init void parse_cmdline_early (char ** cmdline_p) } #endif +#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE + /* elfcorehdr= specifies the location of elf core header + * stored by the crashed kernel. This option will be passed + * by kexec loader to the capture kernel. + */ + else if(!memcmp(from, "elfcorehdr=", 11)) + elfcorehdr_addr = memparse(from+11, &from); +#endif next_char: c = *(from++); if (!c) |