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diff --git a/Documentation/ramoops.txt b/Documentation/ramoops.txt index 8fb1ba7fe7bf..4ba7db231cb2 100644 --- a/Documentation/ramoops.txt +++ b/Documentation/ramoops.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Ramoops oops/panic logger Sergiu Iordache <sergiu@chromium.org> -Updated: 8 August 2011 +Updated: 17 November 2011 0. Introduction @@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ variable while setting 0 in that variable dumps only the panics. The module uses a counter to record multiple dumps but the counter gets reset on restart (i.e. new dumps after the restart will overwrite old ones). +Ramoops also supports software ECC protection of persistent memory regions. +This might be useful when a hardware reset was used to bring the machine back +to life (i.e. a watchdog triggered). In such cases, RAM may be somewhat +corrupt, but usually it is restorable. + 2. Setting the parameters Setting the ramoops parameters can be done in 2 different manners: @@ -38,7 +43,7 @@ Setting the ramoops parameters can be done in 2 different manners: 2. Use a platform device and set the platform data. The parameters can then be set through that platform data. An example of doing that is: -#include <linux/ramoops.h> +#include <linux/pstore_ram.h> [...] static struct ramoops_platform_data ramoops_data = { @@ -46,6 +51,7 @@ static struct ramoops_platform_data ramoops_data = { .mem_address = <...>, .record_size = <...>, .dump_oops = <...>, + .ecc = <...>, }; static struct platform_device ramoops_dev = { @@ -71,6 +77,6 @@ timestamp and a new line. The dump then continues with the actual data. 4. Reading the data -The dump data can be read from memory (through /dev/mem or other means). -Getting the module parameters, which are needed in order to parse the data, can -be done through /sys/module/ramoops/parameters/* . +The dump data can be read from the pstore filesystem. The format for these +files is "dmesg-ramoops-N", where N is the record number in memory. To delete +a stored record from RAM, simply unlink the respective pstore file. |