Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] x86, kdump: Change crashkernel_high/low= tocrashkernel=;high/low

[Vivek Goyal]

On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 01:24:46PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 04/09/2013 01:05 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> >>
> >> So crashkernel=X@Y;high is a valid syntax? Looks like we will reserve
> >> X amount of RAM at base Y and ignore "high" or "low".
> > 
> > yes, we should reject them.
> > 
> 
> What if there isn't X amount of RAM available at base Y?

We don't reserve anything.

In this context crashkernel=X@Y,high is invalid syntax and should probably
be ignored by parser. The very fact user specified the offset, high or
low option does not carry any meaning.

crashkernel=X,high is valid though.

Thanks
Vivek
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