Re: [PATCH] x86: Find offset for crashkernel reservation automatically

From: Yinghai Lu
Date: Mon Jul 14 2008 - 14:17:33 EST


On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Eric W. Biederman
<ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> for 64bit, kdump can start from address above 4g with bzImage?
>
> I think the boot protocol was properly updated for that, it was in the
> original drafts. A relocatable kernel with a 64bit entry point.
>
> I do know that the 64bit code is ready to do that.

but bzImage for 64bit still use 32bit entries, except kexec could
uncompress the bzImage like xen domain builder.

YH
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