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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig index f07f727cbfd2..d8834e8bfb05 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig @@ -571,21 +571,23 @@ config RELOCATABLE_TEST relocation code. config CRASH_DUMP - bool "Build a kdump crash kernel" + bool "Build a dump capture kernel" depends on PPC64 || 6xx || FSL_BOOKE || (44x && !SMP) select RELOCATABLE if PPC64 || 44x || FSL_BOOKE help - Build a kernel suitable for use as a kdump capture kernel. + Build a kernel suitable for use as a dump capture kernel. The same kernel binary can be used as production kernel and dump capture kernel. config FA_DUMP bool "Firmware-assisted dump" - depends on PPC64 && PPC_RTAS && CRASH_DUMP && KEXEC_CORE + depends on PPC64 && PPC_RTAS + select CRASH_CORE + select CRASH_DUMP help A robust mechanism to get reliable kernel crash dump with assistance from firmware. This approach does not use kexec, - instead firmware assists in booting the kdump kernel + instead firmware assists in booting the capture kernel while preserving memory contents. Firmware-assisted dump is meant to be a kdump replacement offering robustness and speed not possible without system firmware assistance. |