linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] sh: Define elfcorehdr

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Date:	Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:18:35 +0900
From:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
To:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Cc:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@...ibm.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
	Chandru <chandru@...ibm.com>, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Terry Loftin <terry.loftin@...com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] sh: Define elfcorehdr_addr in arch dependent section

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 05:15:14PM -0400, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> o Move elfcorehdr_addr definition in arch dependent crash dump file. This is
>   equivalent to defining elfcorehdr_addr under CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP instead of
>   CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE. This is needed by is_kdump_kernel() which can be
>   used irrespective of the fact whether CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE is enabled or
>   not.
> 
> o I don't see sh setup code parsing the command line for elfcorehdr_addr. I 
>   am wondering how does vmcore interface work on sh. Anyway, I am atleast
>   defining elfcoredhr_addr so that compilation is not broken on sh.
> 
Hmm, you are correct, it seems like it was either lost in a merge
somewhere or I simply neglected to check it in it when I was testing this
stuff initially. Thanks for noticing!

> Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
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