@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ in production use.
1919- Unlike phyp dump, userspace tool does not need to refer any sysfs
2020 interface while reading /proc/vmcore.
2121- Unlike phyp dump, FADump allows user to release all the memory reserved
22- for dump, with a single operation of echo 1 > /sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem .
22+ for dump, with a single operation of echo 1 > /sys/kernel/fadump/release_mem .
2323- Once enabled through kernel boot parameter, FADump can be
24- started/stopped through /sys/kernel/fadump_registered interface (see
24+ started/stopped through /sys/kernel/fadump/registered interface (see
2525 sysfs files section below) and can be easily integrated with kdump
2626 service start/stop init scripts.
2727
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ as follows:
8686 network, nas, san, iscsi, etc. as desired.
8787
8888- Once the userspace tool is done saving dump, it will echo
89- '1' to /sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem to release the reserved
89+ '1' to /sys/kernel/fadump/release_mem to release the reserved
9090 memory back to general use, except the memory required for
9191 next firmware-assisted dump registration.
9292
9393 e.g.::
9494
95- # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem
95+ # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/fadump/release_mem
9696
9797Please note that the firmware-assisted dump feature
9898is only available on POWER6 and above systems on pSeries
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ then everything but boot memory size of RAM is reserved during
152152early boot (See Fig. 2). This area is released once we finish
153153collecting the dump from user land scripts (e.g. kdump scripts)
154154that are run. If there is dump data, then the
155- /sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem file is created, and the reserved
155+ /sys/kernel/fadump/release_mem file is created, and the reserved
156156memory is held.
157157
158158If there is no waiting dump data, then only the memory required to
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ the control files and debugfs file to display memory reserved region.
281281
282282Here is the list of files under kernel sysfs:
283283
284- /sys/kernel/fadump_enabled
284+ /sys/kernel/fadump/enabled
285285 This is used to display the FADump status.
286286
287287 - 0 = FADump is disabled
@@ -290,15 +290,15 @@ Here is the list of files under kernel sysfs:
290290 This interface can be used by kdump init scripts to identify if
291291 FADump is enabled in the kernel and act accordingly.
292292
293- /sys/kernel/fadump_registered
293+ /sys/kernel/fadump/registered
294294 This is used to display the FADump registration status as well
295295 as to control (start/stop) the FADump registration.
296296
297297 - 0 = FADump is not registered.
298298 - 1 = FADump is registered and ready to handle system crash.
299299
300- To register FADump echo 1 > /sys/kernel/fadump_registered and
301- echo 0 > /sys/kernel/fadump_registered for un-register and stop the
300+ To register FADump echo 1 > /sys/kernel/fadump/registered and
301+ echo 0 > /sys/kernel/fadump/registered for un-register and stop the
302302 FADump. Once the FADump is un-registered, the system crash will not
303303 be handled and vmcore will not be captured. This interface can be
304304 easily integrated with kdump service start/stop.
@@ -308,13 +308,13 @@ Here is the list of files under kernel sysfs:
308308 This is used to display the memory reserved by FADump for saving the
309309 crash dump.
310310
311- /sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem
311+ /sys/kernel/fadump/release_mem
312312 This file is available only when FADump is active during
313313 second kernel. This is used to release the reserved memory
314314 region that are held for saving crash dump. To release the
315315 reserved memory echo 1 to it::
316316
317- echo 1 > /sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem
317+ echo 1 > /sys/kernel/fadump/release_mem
318318
319319 After echo 1, the content of the /sys/kernel/debug/powerpc/fadump_region
320320 file will change to reflect the new memory reservations.
@@ -335,17 +335,6 @@ Note: /sys/kernel/fadump_release_opalcore sysfs has moved to
335335
336336 echo 1 > /sys/firmware/opal/mpipl/release_core
337337
338- Note: The following FADump sysfs files are deprecated.
339-
340- +----------------------------------+--------------------------------+
341- | Deprecated | Alternative |
342- +----------------------------------+--------------------------------+
343- | /sys/kernel/fadump_enabled | /sys/kernel/fadump/enabled |
344- +----------------------------------+--------------------------------+
345- | /sys/kernel/fadump_registered | /sys/kernel/fadump/registered |
346- +----------------------------------+--------------------------------+
347- | /sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem | /sys/kernel/fadump/release_mem |
348- +----------------------------------+--------------------------------+
349338
350339Here is the list of files under powerpc debugfs:
351340(Assuming debugfs is mounted on /sys/kernel/debug directory.)
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