If OK, please sent this patch to upstream. Thanks Haren When invoked kdump boot, plpar_eoi() call is getting failed and calling panic(). Kernel panic - not syncing: bad return code EOI - rc = -4, value=ff000000 The issue is with the desc->chip->eoi(XICS_IPI) in xics_teardown_cpu(). Instead of passing the virq to desc->chip->eoi(), XICS_IPI is used. Also, clear IPI in xics_teardown_cpu() got removed recently (in 2.6.17-git25). Noticed in some crash dump cases (Ex: initiate kdump boot using soft-reset and xmon is enabled), IPI is not cleared for some CPU(s) before starting the kdump boot. Hence, causing the kdump boot failure. Signed-off-by: Haren Myneni