Kernel config option CONFIG_PRESERVE_FA_DUMP is introduced to ensure crash data, from previously crash'ed kernel, is preserved. Update documentation with this details.
Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbath...@linux.ibm.com> --- Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt index 844a229..fa35593 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt @@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ firmware versions on PSeries (PowerVM) platform and Power9 and above systems with recent firmware versions on PowerNV (OPAL) platform. +On OPAL based machines, system first boots into an intermittent +kernel (referred to as petitboot kernel) before booting into the +capture kernel. This kernel would have minimal kernel and/or +userspace support to process crash data. Such kernel needs to +preserve previously crash'ed kernel's memory for the subsequent +capture kernel boot to process this crash data. Kernel config +option CONFIG_PRESERVE_FA_DUMP has to be enabled on such kernel +to ensure that crash data is preserved to process later. + Implementation details: ----------------------
