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Documentation: kdump: describe arm64 port
Add arch specific descriptions about kdump usage on arm64 to kdump.txt. Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> Acked-by: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
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Kdump and kexec are currently supported on the x86, x86_64, ppc64, ia64,
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s390x and arm architectures.
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s390x, arm and arm64 architectures.
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When the system kernel boots, it reserves a small section of memory for
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the dump-capture kernel. This ensures that ongoing Direct Memory Access
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AUTO_ZRELADDR=y
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Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, arm64)
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- Please note that kvm of the dump-capture kernel will not be enabled
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on non-VHE systems even if it is configured. This is because the CPU
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will not be reset to EL2 on panic.
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Extended crashkernel syntax
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any space below the alignment point may be overwritten by the dump-capture kernel,
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which means it is possible that the vmcore is not that precise as expected.
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On arm64, use "crashkernel=Y[@X]". Note that the start address of
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the kernel, X if explicitly specified, must be aligned to 2MiB (0x200000).
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Load the Dump-capture Kernel
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- Use image or bzImage
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- Use zImage
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For arm64:
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- Use vmlinux or Image
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If you are using a uncompressed vmlinux image then use following command
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"1 maxcpus=1 reset_devices"
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For arm64:
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"1 maxcpus=1 reset_devices"
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Notes on loading the dump-capture kernel:
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* By default, the ELF headers are stored in ELF64 format to support

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