docs: kdump: Update the crashkernel description for arm64
authorZhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>
Fri, 6 May 2022 11:44:02 +0000 (19:44 +0800)
committerCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Sat, 7 May 2022 19:00:39 +0000 (20:00 +0100)
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: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220506114402.365-7-thunder.leizhen@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt

index 3f1cc5e317ed4a5ad001082c9c589b6008f68db9..f6ff55840751a78f36d3067cf03bfbb62f79d660 100644 (file)
                        Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
 
        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
                        be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
                        Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
                        that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
                        requires at least 64M+32K low memory, also enough extra
                        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.
                        This one let user to specify own low range under 4G
                        for second kernel instead.
                        It will be ignored when crashkernel=X,high is not used
                        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
                        [KNL] Disable crypto self-tests