@@ -104,12 +104,14 @@ Build the system and dump-capture kernels
 There are two possible methods of using Kdump.
 
 1) Build a separate custom dump-capture kernel for capturing the
-   kernel core dump.
+   kernel core dump. Legacy kdump kernel build support(i.e separate kdump
+   kernel) for ppc64 is not available.
 
 2) Or use the system kernel binary itself as dump-capture kernel and there is
    no need to build a separate dump-capture kernel. This is possible
    only with the architecutres which support a relocatable kernel. As
-   of today, i386, x86_64 and ia64 architectures support relocatable kernel.
+   of today, i386, x86_64, ppc64 and ia64 architectures support relocatable
+   kernel.
 
 Building a relocatable kernel is advantageous from the point of view that
 one does not have to build a second kernel for capturing the dump. But

@@ -207,8 +209,15 @@ Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, i386 and x86_64)
 Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, ppc64)
 ----------------------------------------------------------
 
-*  Make and install the kernel and its modules. DO NOT add this kernel
-   to the boot loader configuration files.
+1) Enable "Build a kdump crash kernel" support under "Kernel" options:
+
+   CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP=y
+
+2)   Enable "Build a relocatable kernel" support
+
+   CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y
+
+   Make and install the kernel and its modules.
 
 Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, ia64)
 ----------------------------------------------------------

@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
 
 #define KEXEC_CONTROL_PAGE_SIZE 4096
 
+/*
+ * Used to differentiate between relocatable kdump kernel and other
+ * kernels
+ */
+#define KDUMP_SIGNATURE	0xfeed1234
+
 /* The native architecture */
 #ifdef __powerpc64__
 #define KEXEC_ARCH KEXEC_ARCH_PPC64

@@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ __secondary_hold_spinloop:
 __secondary_hold_acknowledge:
 	.llong	0x0
 
+	/* This flag is set only for kdump kernels so that */
+	/* it will be relocatable. Purgatory code user space kexec-tools */
+	/* sets this flag. Do not move this variable as purgatory code */
+	/* relies on the position of this variables */
+	.globl	__kdump_flag
+__kdump_flag:
+	.llong	0x0
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_ISERIES
 	/*
 	 * At offset 0x20, there is a pointer to iSeries LPAR data.

@@ -1384,7 +1392,15 @@ _STATIC(__after_prom_start)
 	/* process relocations for the final address of the kernel */
 	lis	r25,PAGE_OFFSET@highest	/* compute virtual base of kernel */
 	sldi	r25,r25,32
-	mr	r3,r25
+#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
+	ld	r7,__kdump_flag@got(r2)
+	add	r7,r7,r26
+	ld	r7,0(r7)
+	cmpldi	cr0,r7,1	/* relocatable kernel ? */
+	bne	1f
+	add	r25,r25,r26
+#endif
+1:	mr	r3,r25
 	bl	.relocate
 #endif
 

@@ -1398,10 +1414,26 @@ _STATIC(__after_prom_start)
 	li	r3,0			/* target addr */
 	mr.	r4,r26			/* In some cases the loader may  */
 	beq	9f			/* have already put us at zero */
-	lis	r5,(copy_to_here - _stext)@ha
-	addi	r5,r5,(copy_to_here - _stext)@l /* # bytes of memory to copy */
 	li	r6,0x100		/* Start offset, the first 0x100 */
 					/* bytes were copied earlier.	 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
+#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
+/*
+ * Check if the kernel has to be running as relocatable kernel based on the
+ * variable __kdump_flag, if it is set the kernel is treated as relocatble
+ * kernel, otherwise it will be moved to PHYSICAL_START
+ */
+	ld	r7,__kdump_flag@got(r2)
+	ld	r7,0(r7)
+	cmpldi	cr0,r7,1
+	bne	regular
+
+	li	r5,__end_interrupts - _stext	/* just copy interrupts */
+	b	5f
+regular:
+#endif
+	lis	r5,(copy_to_here - _stext)@ha
+	addi	r5,r5,(copy_to_here - _stext)@l /* # bytes of memory to copy */
 
 	bl	.copy_and_flush		/* copy the first n bytes	 */
 					/* this includes the code being	 */

@@ -1411,15 +1443,33 @@ _STATIC(__after_prom_start)
 	mtctr	r8
 	bctr
 
+p_end:	.llong	_end - _stext
+
 4:	/* Now copy the rest of the kernel up to _end */
 	addis	r5,r26,(p_end - _stext)@ha
 	ld	r5,(p_end - _stext)@l(r5)	/* get _end */
-	bl	.copy_and_flush		/* copy the rest */
+#else
+	lis	r5,(copy_to_here - _stext)@ha
+	addi	r5,r5,(copy_to_here - _stext)@l /* # bytes of memory to copy */
 
-9:	b	.start_here_multiplatform
+	bl	.copy_and_flush		/* copy the first n bytes	 */
+					/* this includes the code being	 */
+					/* executed here.		 */
+	addis	r8,r3,(4f - _stext)@ha	/* Jump to the copy of this code */
+	addi	r8,r8,(4f - _stext)@l	/* that we just made */
+	mtctr	r8
+	bctr
 
 p_end:	.llong	_end - _stext
 
+4:	/* Now copy the rest of the kernel up to _end */
+	addis	r5,r26,(p_end - _stext)@ha
+	ld	r5,(p_end - _stext)@l(r5)	/* get _end */
+#endif
+5:	bl	.copy_and_flush		/* copy the rest */
+
+9:	b	.start_here_multiplatform
+
 /*
  * Copy routine used to copy the kernel to start at physical address 0
  * and flush and invalidate the caches as needed.

@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ struct iommu_table *iommu_init_table(struct iommu_table *tbl, int nid)
 	spin_lock_init(&tbl->it_lock);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
-	if (ppc_md.tce_get) {
+	if (ppc_md.tce_get && __kdump_flag) {
 		unsigned long index;
 		unsigned long tceval;
 		unsigned long tcecount = 0;

@@ -255,11 +255,13 @@ static union thread_union kexec_stack
 /* Our assembly helper, in kexec_stub.S */
 extern NORET_TYPE void kexec_sequence(void *newstack, unsigned long start,
 					void *image, void *control,
-					void (*clear_all)(void)) ATTRIB_NORET;
+					void (*clear_all)(void),
+				unsigned long long kdump_flag) ATTRIB_NORET;
 
 /* too late to fail here */
 void default_machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
 {
+	unsigned long long kdump_flag = 0;
 	/* prepare control code if any */
 
 	/*

@@ -270,8 +272,10 @@ void default_machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
         * using debugger IPI.
         */
 
-       if (crashing_cpu == -1)
-               kexec_prepare_cpus();
+	if (crashing_cpu == -1)
+		kexec_prepare_cpus();
+	else
+		kdump_flag = KDUMP_SIGNATURE;
 
 	/* switch to a staticly allocated stack.  Based on irq stack code.
 	 * XXX: the task struct will likely be invalid once we do the copy!

@@ -284,7 +288,7 @@ void default_machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
 	 */
 	kexec_sequence(&kexec_stack, image->start, image,
 			page_address(image->control_code_page),
-			ppc_md.hpte_clear_all);
+			ppc_md.hpte_clear_all, kdump_flag);
 	/* NOTREACHED */
 }
 

@@ -609,10 +609,13 @@ real_mode:	/* assume normal blr return */
 
 
 /*
- * kexec_sequence(newstack, start, image, control, clear_all())
+ * kexec_sequence(newstack, start, image, control, clear_all(), kdump_flag)
  *
  * does the grungy work with stack switching and real mode switches
  * also does simple calls to other code
+ *
+ * kdump_flag says whether the next kernel should be running at the reserved
+ * load address as needed for relocatable kdump kernel
  */
 
 _GLOBAL(kexec_sequence)

@@ -645,7 +648,7 @@ _GLOBAL(kexec_sequence)
 	mr	r29,r5			/* image (virt) */
 	mr	r28,r6			/* control, unused */
 	mr	r27,r7			/* clear_all() fn desc */
-	mr	r26,r8			/* spare */
+	mr	r26,r8			/* kdump flag */
 	lhz	r25,PACAHWCPUID(r13)	/* get our phys cpu from paca */
 
 	/* disable interrupts, we are overwriting kernel data next */

@@ -707,5 +710,6 @@ _GLOBAL(kexec_sequence)
 	mr	r4,r30	# start, aka phys mem offset
 	mtlr	4
 	li	r5,0
-	blr	/* image->start(physid, image->start, 0); */
+	mr	r6,r26			/* kdump_flag */
+	blr	/* image->start(physid, image->start, 0, kdump_flag); */
 #endif /* CONFIG_KEXEC */