kexec: make extended crashkernel= syntax less confusing

[net-next-2.6.git] / Documentation / kdump / kdump.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
index d0ac72cc19ff8e29667e7a2c58e21d2d0cfafcb5..b8e52c0355d3bab81760adbf62d0c8a06a9ba52a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ The syntax is:
     crashkernel=<range1>:<size1>[,<range2>:<size2>,...][@offset]
     range=start-[end]
 
+    'start' is inclusive and 'end' is exclusive.
+
 For example:
 
     crashkernel=512M-2G:64M,2G-:128M
@@ -253,10 +255,11 @@ This would mean:
 
     1) if the RAM is smaller than 512M, then don't reserve anything
        (this is the "rescue" case)
-    2) if the RAM size is between 512M and 2G, then reserve 64M
+    2) if the RAM size is between 512M and 2G (exclusive), then reserve 64M
     3) if the RAM size is larger than 2G, then reserve 128M
 
 
+
 Boot into System Kernel
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