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-rw-r--r--arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c14
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
index 66377baea6a..be398451d45 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ reserve_memory (void)
#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
/* crashkernel=size@offset specifies the size to reserve for a crash
- * kernel.(offset is ingored for keep compatibility with other archs)
+ * kernel. If offset is 0, then it is determined automatically.
* By reserving this memory we guarantee that linux never set's it
* up as a DMA target.Useful for holding code to do something
* appropriate after a kernel panic.
@@ -266,10 +266,16 @@ reserve_memory (void)
unsigned long base, size;
if (from) {
size = memparse(from + 12, &from);
+ if (*from == '@')
+ base = memparse(from+1, &from);
+ else
+ base = 0;
if (size) {
- sort_regions(rsvd_region, n);
- base = kdump_find_rsvd_region(size,
- rsvd_region, n);
+ if (!base) {
+ sort_regions(rsvd_region, n);
+ base = kdump_find_rsvd_region(size,
+ rsvd_region, n);
+ }
if (base != ~0UL) {
rsvd_region[n].start =
(unsigned long)__va(base);