On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 11:24:44AM -0400, jidong xiao wrote: > If I understand correctly, you are trying to add kexec/kdump > functionality into kdb. say, input "kdump" after the kdb prompt, then > kdump will begin to dump. > > This is actually already implemented by Dan some time back, you can > refer to following link, > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01358.html
Hi Jason, That patch doesn't seem to have made it into kdb, which is why I missed it. In fact I like the version I submitted better. It is smaller and is architecture-agnostic as well. But I don't mind if it is dropped. There is always the sysRQ method of invoking a crash dump to fall back on. Regards, Joe --------------------------- Use http://oss.sgi.com/ecartis to modify your settings or to unsubscribe.
