linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ehea: add kdump support

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Message-ID: <47BC5A62.2030701@garzik.org>
Date:	Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:50:42 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Thomas Klein <osstklei@...ibm.com>
CC:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Christoph Raisch <raisch@...ibm.com>,
	Jan-Bernd Themann <themann@...ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ppc <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
	Marcus Eder <meder@...ibm.com>,
	Thomas Klein <tklein@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ehea: add kdump support

Thomas Klein wrote:
> This patch adds kdump support to the ehea driver. As the firmware doesn't free
> resource handles automatically, the driver has to run an as simple as possible
> free resource function in case of a crash shutdown. The function iterates over
> two arrays freeing all resource handles which are stored there. The arrays are
> kept up-to-date during normal runtime. The crash handler fn is triggered by the
> recently introduced PPC crash shutdown reg/unreg functions.
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Klein <tklein@...ibm.com>
> 
> ---
>  drivers/net/ehea/ehea.h      |   34 +++++-
>  drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c |  281 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  2 files changed, 290 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

applied


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