Re: [PATCH v3 qemu 2/3] dump: Allow directly outputting raw kdump format

2023-11-02 Thread Stephen Brennan
Marc-André Lureau writes: > Hi Stephen > > On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 3:32 AM Stephen Brennan > wrote: >> >> The flattened format (currently output by QEMU) is used by makedumpfile >> only when it is outputting a vmcore to a file which is not seekable. The >> flattened format functions essentially

Re: [PATCH v3 qemu 2/3] dump: Allow directly outputting raw kdump format

2023-11-02 Thread Marc-André Lureau
Hi Stephen On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 3:32 AM Stephen Brennan wrote: > > The flattened format (currently output by QEMU) is used by makedumpfile > only when it is outputting a vmcore to a file which is not seekable. The > flattened format functions essentially as a set of instructions of the > form

[PATCH v3 qemu 2/3] dump: Allow directly outputting raw kdump format

2023-09-18 Thread Stephen Brennan
The flattened format (currently output by QEMU) is used by makedumpfile only when it is outputting a vmcore to a file which is not seekable. The flattened format functions essentially as a set of instructions of the form "seek to the given offset, then write the given bytes out". The flattened