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Author SHA1 Message Date
Hendrik Brueckner
a0443fbb46 [S390] Extra Kernel Parameters via VMPARM
Now it is possible to specify additional kernel parameters on the IPL
command line using the IPL PARM option.
If the Linux system is already running, the new reipl sysfs attribute
'parm' can be used to change kernel parameters for the next reboot.
Examples:
  IPL    C PARM dasd=1234 root=/dev/dasda1
  IPL 1234 PARM savesys=mylnxnss
  echo "init=/bin/bash" > /sys/firmware/reipl/ccw/parm

Signed-off-by: Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
2008-07-14 10:02:14 +02:00
Michael Holzheu
48657d223d [S390] Use diag308 subcodes 3 and 6 for reboot and dump when possible.
This patch fixes a problem with the following scenario:
 1. Linux booted from DASD "A"
 2. Reboot from DASD "B" using "/sys/firmware/reipl/ccw/device"
 3. Reboot DASD "B"
Without this patch in step 3 on newer s390 systems under LPAR instead of
DASD "B", DASD "A" will be booted. The reason is that in step 2 we use CCW
reipl and in step 3 we use DIAG308 (subcode 3) reipl. DIAG308 does not
notice the CCW reipl and still thinks that it has to reboot DASD "A".
Before applying this fix, ensure to have MCF RJ9967101E or z9 GA3 base driver
installed.

Signed-off-by: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-01-26 14:11:24 +01:00
Michael Holzheu
99ca4e582d [S390] kernel: Shutdown Actions Interface
In case of a kernel panic it is currently possible to specify that a dump
should be created, the system should be rebooted or stopped. Virtual sysfs
files under the directory /sys/firmware/ are used for that configuration.
In addition to that, there are kernel parameters 'vmhalt', 'vmpoff'
and 'vmpanic', which can be used to specify z/VM commands, which are
automatically executed in case of halt, power off or a kernel panic.
This patch combines both functionalities and allows to specify the z/VM CP
commands also via sysfs attributes. In addition to that, it enhances the
existing handling of shutdown triggers (e.g. halt or panic) and associated
shutdown actions (e.g. dump or reipl) and makes it more flexible.

Signed-off-by: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-01-26 14:11:19 +01:00
Heiko Carstens
763968e217 [S390] Avoid sparse warnings.
Monthly sparse warning avoidance patch. Sigh.

Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
2007-05-10 15:45:52 +02:00
Michael Holzheu
411ed32257 [S390] zfcpdump support.
s390 machines provide hardware support for creating Linux dumps on SCSI
disks. For creating a dump a special purpose dump Linux is used. The first
32 MB of memory are saved by the hardware before the dump Linux is
booted. Via an SCLP interface, the saved memory can be accessed from
Linux. This patch exports memory and registers of the crashed Linux to
userspace via a debugfs file. For more information refer to
Documentation/s390/zfcpdump.txt, which is included in this patch.

Signed-off-by: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
2007-04-27 16:01:44 +02:00
Heiko Carstens
6fc321fd7d [S390] cio/ipl: Clean interface between cio and ipl code.
Clean interface between cio and ipl code, so Peter stops complaining.

Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
2007-04-27 16:01:38 +02:00
Michael Holzheu
fbb04f38cf [S390] reboot from and dump to SCSI under z/VM fails.
We used wrong length values for ipl and dump hardware structures.
Since z/VM checks the ipl parameters more accurately than LPAR,
the operations fail there.

Signed-off-by: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2007-03-19 13:19:03 +01:00
Heiko Carstens
c5dd858670 [S390] reipl: move dump_prefix_page out of text section.
Reipl doesn't work on older machines were s390_reset_machine() gets
called. The reason is that the text section is read-only but the
variable dump_prefix_page is there. Since s390_reset_machine() writes
to it we get a protection exception.
Therefore move dump_prefix_page to the bss section.

Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2007-03-05 23:35:43 +01:00
Michael Holzheu
46b05d2617 [S390] New header file ipl.h
Setup.h has been misused for ipl related stuff in the past. We now move
everything, which has to do with ipl and reipl to a new header file named
"ipl.h".

Signed-off-by: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2007-02-21 10:55:21 +01:00