linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] powerpc/fadump: when fadump is supported register the fadump sysfs files.

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Date:   Thu, 14 Nov 2019 20:08:27 +1100 (AEDT)
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@...e.de>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:     Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@...e.de>,
        Hari Bathini <hbathini@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] powerpc/fadump: when fadump is supported register the fadump sysfs files.

On Thu, 2019-11-07 at 16:47:57 UTC, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> Currently it is not possible to distinguish the case when fadump is
> supported by firmware and disabled in kernel and completely unsupported
> using the kernel sysfs interface. User can investigate the devicetree
> but it is more reasonable to provide sysfs files in case we get some
> fadumpv2 in the future.
> 
> With this patch sysfs files are available whenever fadump is supported
> by firmware.
> 
> There is duplicate message about lack of support by firmware in
> fadump_reserve_mem and setup_fadump. Remove the duplicate message in
> setup_fadump.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@...e.de>

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/565f9bc05e2dad6c7fdfc7c2e641be580aa599cd

cheers