docs: kdump: Update the crashkernel description for riscv
authorChen Jiahao <chenjiahao16@huawei.com>
Wed, 26 Jul 2023 17:50:00 +0000 (17:50 +0000)
committerPalmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
Wed, 16 Aug 2023 14:51:49 +0000 (07:51 -0700)
Now "crashkernel=" parameter on riscv has been updated to support
crashkernel=X,[high,low]. Through which we can reserve memory region
above/within 32bit addressible DMA zone.

Here update the parameter description accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Chen Jiahao <chenjiahao16@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230726175000.2536220-3-chenjiahao16@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt

index a1457995fd41cfb7db6cfa0cbb816fb9bbcd7fc0..bd519749968f397139c5b64fa93ad42b2afb3d82 100644 (file)
                        memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
                        image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
                        is selected automatically.
-                       [KNL, X86-64, ARM64] Select a region under 4G first, and
+                       [KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV] Select a region under 4G first, and
                        fall back to reserve region above 4G when '@offset'
                        hasn't been specified.
                        See Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for further details.
                        Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst for an example.
 
        crashkernel=size[KMG],high
-                       [KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range could be above 4G. Allow kernel
-                       to allocate physical memory region from top, so could
-                       be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram installed.
-                       Otherwise memory region will be allocated below 4G, if
-                       available.
+                       [KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV] range could be above 4G.
+                       Allow kernel to allocate physical memory region from top,
+                       so could be above 4G if system have more than 4G ram
+                       installed. Otherwise memory region will be allocated
+                       below 4G, if available.
                        It will be ignored if crashkernel=X is specified.
        crashkernel=size[KMG],low
-                       [KNL, X86-64, ARM64] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
+                       [KNL, X86-64, ARM64, RISCV] range under 4G. When crashkernel=X,high
                        is passed, kernel could allocate physical memory region
                        above 4G, that cause second kernel crash on system
                        that require some amount of low memory, e.g. swiotlb
                        size is platform dependent.
                          --> x86: max(swiotlb_size_or_default() + 8MiB, 256MiB)
                          --> arm64: 128MiB
+                         --> riscv: 128MiB
                        This one lets the user specify own low range under 4G
                        for second kernel instead.
                        0: to disable low allocation.