linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] x86, kdump: Change crashkernel

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Message-ID: <5164790E.7@zytor.com>
Date:	Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:24:46 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
CC:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, WANG Chao <chaowang@...hat.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] x86, kdump: Change crashkernel_high/low= to crashkernel=;high/low

On 04/09/2013 01:05 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>>
>> So crashkernel=X@Y;high is a valid syntax? Looks like we will reserve
>> X amount of RAM at base Y and ignore "high" or "low".
> 
> yes, we should reject them.
> 

What if there isn't X amount of RAM available at base Y?

	-hpa


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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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