Re: [PATCH] x86, kdump: Set crashkernel_low automatically
From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Mon Mar 11 2013 - 16:45:01 EST
On 03/11/2013 01:38 PM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>
> I totally makes sense to figure out how to load a kernel high. I am not
> convinced kexec on panic is the best use of that ability. I would argue
> that it might be better to figure out how to use a small memory
> foot-print and try to keep that foot-print from growing.
>
I could not agree more with this. The whole reason this is a problem is
because we are talking about hundreds of megabytes of crashkernel. If
we can fix *that* problem, we are much better off.
-hpa
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