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1*d418b19fSSourabh JainWhat:		/sys/kernel/fadump/*
2*d418b19fSSourabh JainDate:		Dec 2019
3*d418b19fSSourabh JainContact:	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
4*d418b19fSSourabh JainDescription:
5*d418b19fSSourabh Jain		The /sys/kernel/fadump/* is a collection of FADump sysfs
6*d418b19fSSourabh Jain		file provide information about the configuration status
7*d418b19fSSourabh Jain		of Firmware Assisted Dump (FADump).
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9*d418b19fSSourabh JainWhat:		/sys/kernel/fadump/enabled
10*d418b19fSSourabh JainDate:		Dec 2019
11*d418b19fSSourabh JainContact:	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
12*d418b19fSSourabh JainDescription:	read only
13*d418b19fSSourabh Jain		Primarily used to identify whether the FADump is enabled in
14*d418b19fSSourabh Jain		the kernel or not.
15*d418b19fSSourabh JainUser:		Kdump service
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17*d418b19fSSourabh JainWhat:		/sys/kernel/fadump/registered
18*d418b19fSSourabh JainDate:		Dec 2019
19*d418b19fSSourabh JainContact:	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
20*d418b19fSSourabh JainDescription:	read/write
21*d418b19fSSourabh Jain		Helps to control the dump collect feature from userspace.
22*d418b19fSSourabh Jain		Setting 1 to this file enables the system to collect the
23*d418b19fSSourabh Jain		dump and 0 to disable it.
24*d418b19fSSourabh JainUser:		Kdump service
25*d418b19fSSourabh Jain
26*d418b19fSSourabh JainWhat:		/sys/kernel/fadump/release_mem
27*d418b19fSSourabh JainDate:		Dec 2019
28*d418b19fSSourabh JainContact:	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
29*d418b19fSSourabh JainDescription:	write only
30*d418b19fSSourabh Jain		This is a special sysfs file and only available when
31*d418b19fSSourabh Jain		the system is booted to capture the vmcore using FADump.
32*d418b19fSSourabh Jain		It is used to release the memory reserved by FADump to
33*d418b19fSSourabh Jain		save the crash dump.
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