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| author | Eric DeVolder <eric.devolder@oracle.com> | 2023-07-12 12:15:39 -0400 |
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| committer | Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> | 2023-08-18 10:18:53 -0700 |
| commit | 571feed5b28fa9dda3e23fdc1f681e8037a544bd (patch) | |
| tree | 077acf4bc9b0d1bd4174c57fdaebacece3427ea8 | |
| parent | a7cc67de6a9a01f5be97c229f0bd4768db1a5abd (diff) | |
mips/kexec: refactor for kernel/Kconfig.kexec
The kexec and crash kernel options are provided in the common
kernel/Kconfig.kexec. Utilize the common options and provide
the ARCH_SUPPORTS_ and ARCH_SELECTS_ entries to recreate the
equivalent set of KEXEC and CRASH options.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230712161545.87870-9-eric.devolder@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Eric DeVolder <eric.devolder@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/mips/Kconfig | 32 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig index fc6fba925aea..bc8421859006 100644 --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig @@ -2878,33 +2878,11 @@ config HZ config SCHED_HRTICK def_bool HIGH_RES_TIMERS -config KEXEC - bool "Kexec system call" - select KEXEC_CORE - help - kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your - current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot - but it is independent of the system firmware. And like a reboot - you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux. - - The name comes from the similarity to the exec system call. - - It is an ongoing process to be certain the hardware in a machine - is properly shutdown, so do not be surprised if this code does not - initially work for you. As of this writing the exact hardware - interface is strongly in flux, so no good recommendation can be - made. - -config CRASH_DUMP - bool "Kernel crash dumps" - help - Generate crash dump after being started by kexec. - This should be normally only set in special crash dump kernels - which are loaded in the main kernel with kexec-tools into - a specially reserved region and then later executed after - a crash by kdump/kexec. The crash dump kernel must be compiled - to a memory address not used by the main kernel or firmware using - PHYSICAL_START. +config ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC + def_bool y + +config ARCH_SUPPORTS_CRASH_DUMP + def_bool y config PHYSICAL_START hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" |