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