@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ You can use common commands, such as cp, scp or makedumpfile to copy
1717the memory image to a dump file on the local disk, or across the network
1818to a remote system.
1919
20- Kdump and kexec are currently supported on the x86, x86_64, ppc64, ia64,
20+ Kdump and kexec are currently supported on the x86, x86_64, ppc64,
2121s390x, arm and arm64 architectures.
2222
2323When the system kernel boots, it reserves a small section of memory for
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ There are two possible methods of using Kdump.
1131132) Or use the system kernel binary itself as dump-capture kernel and there is
114114 no need to build a separate dump-capture kernel. This is possible
115115 only with the architectures which support a relocatable kernel. As
116- of today, i386, x86_64, ppc64, ia64, arm and arm64 architectures support
116+ of today, i386, x86_64, ppc64, arm and arm64 architectures support
117117 relocatable kernel.
118118
119119Building a relocatable kernel is advantageous from the point of view that
@@ -236,24 +236,6 @@ Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, ppc64)
236236
237237 Make and install the kernel and its modules.
238238
239- Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, ia64)
240- ----------------------------------------------------------
241-
242- - No specific options are required to create a dump-capture kernel
243- for ia64, other than those specified in the arch independent section
244- above. This means that it is possible to use the system kernel
245- as a dump-capture kernel if desired.
246-
247- The crashkernel region can be automatically placed by the system
248- kernel at runtime. This is done by specifying the base address as 0,
249- or omitting it all together::
250-
251- crashkernel=256M@0
252-
253- or::
254-
255- crashkernel=256M
256-
257239Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, arm)
258240----------------------------------------------------------
259241
@@ -348,11 +330,6 @@ Boot into System Kernel
348330
349331 On ppc64, use "crashkernel=128M@32M".
350332
351- On ia64, 256M@256M is a generous value that typically works.
352- The region may be automatically placed on ia64, see the
353- dump-capture kernel config option notes above.
354- If use sparse memory, the size should be rounded to GRANULE boundaries.
355-
356333 On s390x, typically use "crashkernel=xxM". The value of xx is dependent
357334 on the memory consumption of the kdump system. In general this is not
358335 dependent on the memory size of the production system.
@@ -383,10 +360,6 @@ For ppc64:
383360
384361 - Use vmlinux
385362
386- For ia64:
387-
388- - Use vmlinux or vmlinuz.gz
389-
390363For s390x:
391364
392365 - Use image or bzImage
@@ -428,14 +401,10 @@ to load dump-capture kernel::
428401 --initrd=<initrd-for-dump-capture-kernel> \
429402 --append="root=<root-dev> <arch-specific-options>"
430403
431- Please note, that --args-linux does not need to be specified for ia64.
432- It is planned to make this a no-op on that architecture, but for now
433- it should be omitted
434-
435404Following are the arch specific command line options to be used while
436405loading dump-capture kernel.
437406
438- For i386, x86_64 and ia64 :
407+ For i386 and x86_64 :
439408
440409 "1 irqpoll nr_cpus=1 reset_devices"
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