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Add a new kernel config option, CONFIG_PRESERVE_FA_DUMP that ensures that crash data, from previously crash'ed kernel, is preserved. This helps in cases where FADump is not enabled but the subsequent memory preserving kernel boot is likely to process this crash data. One typical usecase for this config option is petitboot kernel. As OPAL allows registering address with it in the first kernel and retrieving it after MPIPL, use it to store the top of boot memory. A kernel that intends to preserve crash data retrieves it and avoids using memory beyond this address. Move arch_reserved_kernel_pages() function as it is needed for both FA_DUMP and PRESERVE_FA_DUMP configurations. Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/156821375751.5656.11459483669542541602.stgit@hbathini.in.ibm.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.