2) Download the kexec-tools user-space package from the following URL:
-http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/horms/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-testing.tar.gz
+http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/horms/kexec-tools/kexec-tools.tar.gz
-This is a symlink to the latest version, which at the time of writing is
-20061214, the only release of kexec-tools-testing so far. As other versions
-are released, the older ones will remain available at
-http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/horms/kexec-tools/
+This is a symlink to the latest version.
-Note: Latest kexec-tools-testing git tree is available at
+The latest kexec-tools git tree is available at:
-git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/horms/kexec-tools-testing.git
+git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/horms/kexec-tools.git
or
-http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/horms/kexec-tools-testing.git;a=summary
+http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/horms/kexec-tools.git
+
+More information about kexec-tools can be found at
+http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/horms/kexec-tools/README.html
3) Unpack the tarball with the tar command, as follows:
- tar xvpzf kexec-tools-testing.tar.gz
+ tar xvpzf kexec-tools.tar.gz
4) Change to the kexec-tools directory, as follows:
- cd kexec-tools-testing-VERSION
+ cd kexec-tools-VERSION
5) Configure the package, as follows:
2) Or use the system kernel binary itself as dump-capture kernel and there is
no need to build a separate dump-capture kernel. This is possible
only with the architecutres which support a relocatable kernel. As
- of today i386 and ia64 architectures support relocatable kernel.
+ of today, i386, x86_64 and ia64 architectures support relocatable kernel.
Building a relocatable kernel is advantageous from the point of view that
one does not have to build a second kernel for capturing the dump. But
any space below the alignment point will be wasted.
+Extended crashkernel syntax
+===========================
+
+While the "crashkernel=size[@offset]" syntax is sufficient for most
+configurations, sometimes it's handy to have the reserved memory dependent
+on the value of System RAM -- that's mostly for distributors that pre-setup
+the kernel command line to avoid a unbootable system after some memory has
+been removed from the machine.
+
+The syntax is:
+
+ crashkernel=<range1>:<size1>[,<range2>:<size2>,...][@offset]
+ range=start-[end]
+
+ 'start' is inclusive and 'end' is exclusive.
+
+For example:
+
+ crashkernel=512M-2G:64M,2G-:128M
+
+This would mean:
+
+ 1) if the RAM is smaller than 512M, then don't reserve anything
+ (this is the "rescue" case)
+ 2) if the RAM size is between 512M and 2G (exclusive), then reserve 64M
+ 3) if the RAM size is larger than 2G, then reserve 128M
+
+
+
Boot into System Kernel
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