Re: [Patch 0/8] V3 Implement crashkernel=auto

[Amerigo Wang]

Bernhard Walle wrote:
> * Amerigo Wang <amwang@xxxxxxxxxx> [2009-08-12 10:15]:
>   
> > This series of patch implements automatically reserved memory for crashkernel,
> > by introducing a new boot option "crashkernel=auto". This idea is from Neil.
> >     
>
> Honestly I don't see why everything is guarded by
> CONFIG_KEXEC_AUTO_RESERVE. We do we need that new configuration
> option? I mean, if I don't specify 'crashkernel=auto', then the patch
> does nothing, right? Then the option CONFIG_KEXEC_AUTO_RESERVE would
> only be needed so save some bytes of code. Is that really worth it?
>   

Hi,  CONFIG_KEXEC_AUTO_RESERVE is not for saving bytes, it just provides 
a choice for the user to decide to enable it or not.

Thanks.

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