[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1464833] Re: Unable to configure Firmware Assisted dump

2016-01-20 Thread Louis Bouchard
** Changed in: makedumpfile (Ubuntu Trusty)
 Assignee: Louis Bouchard (louis-bouchard) => (unassigned)

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Title:
  Unable to configure Firmware Assisted dump

Status in makedumpfile package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in makedumpfile source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [SRU justification]
  This represent a hardware enablement SRU : Firmware assisted dumps (fadump) 
are not possible on LTS.

  [Impact]
  The fadump mechanism cannot be used on Power systems running Trusty

  [Fix]
  Backport fadump functionality from makedumpfile 1.5.8 present in Wily and 
onward.

  [Test Case]
  See comment #9 : The proposed SRU has been tested from a PPA on a Power VM.

  [Regression]
  None expected from a functionality point of view as it is a new feature. 
Existing code paths are minimally modified.

  [Original description of the problem]

  ---Steps to Reproduce---
  1) Using latest daily ISO install 14.04.02 as a Power VM guest.
  2) Upgrade the kernel to 3.19 level (3.19.0-18-generic)
  3) In order to use Firmware Assisted Dump feature update the kernel command 
with fadump=on.
  4) Reboot.

  Post reboot using kdump-config load command fails with following
  message :

  # kdump-config load
  Memory for crashkernel is not reserved
  Please reserve memory by passing"crashkernel=X@Y" parameter to kernel
  Then try to loading kdump kernel
   * failed to load kdump kernel

  # kdump-config status
  current state   : Not ready to kdump
  #

  # cat /proc/cmdline
  BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinux-3.19.0-18-generic 
root=UUID=3ea23bcf-7269-432f-bacc-f82c6cdd774e ro splash quiet fadump=on 
crashkernel=2G-4G:320M,4G-32G:512M,32G-64G:1024M,64G-128G:2048M,128G-:4096M 
vt.handoff=7
  # cat /sys/kernel/fadump_enabled
  1
  # cat /sys/kernel/fadump_registered
  0
  #

  # dmesg | grep -i Firmware
  [0.00] Reserved 5120MB of memory at 97279MB for firmware-assisted dump
  [0.00] firmware_features = 0x0001c45ffc5f
  #
  # cat /boot/config-3.19.0-18-generic | grep -i FA_DUMP
  CONFIG_FA_DUMP=y
  #

  Are there any user space fixes missing which prevents me from
  configuring firmware assisted dump ?

  == Comment: #4 - Hari Krishna Bathini  - 2015-06-12 
05:28:24 ==
  This patch makes kdump-tools fadump aware so as to switch between
  kdump & fadump seemlessly based on the dump method enabled (fadump/kdump).

  Thanks
  Hari

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[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1464833] Re: Unable to configure Firmware Assisted dump

2016-01-20 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package makedumpfile - 1.5.5-2ubuntu1.5

---
makedumpfile (1.5.5-2ubuntu1.5) trusty; urgency=medium

  * Add support for Firmware Assisted Dump (fadump)
(LP: #1464833)

 -- Louis Bouchard   Tue, 05 Jan 2016
16:07:54 +0100

** Changed in: makedumpfile (Ubuntu Trusty)
   Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  Unable to configure Firmware Assisted dump

Status in makedumpfile package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in makedumpfile source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [SRU justification]
  This represent a hardware enablement SRU : Firmware assisted dumps (fadump) 
are not possible on LTS.

  [Impact]
  The fadump mechanism cannot be used on Power systems running Trusty

  [Fix]
  Backport fadump functionality from makedumpfile 1.5.8 present in Wily and 
onward.

  [Test Case]
  See comment #9 : The proposed SRU has been tested from a PPA on a Power VM.

  [Regression]
  None expected from a functionality point of view as it is a new feature. 
Existing code paths are minimally modified.

  [Original description of the problem]

  ---Steps to Reproduce---
  1) Using latest daily ISO install 14.04.02 as a Power VM guest.
  2) Upgrade the kernel to 3.19 level (3.19.0-18-generic)
  3) In order to use Firmware Assisted Dump feature update the kernel command 
with fadump=on.
  4) Reboot.

  Post reboot using kdump-config load command fails with following
  message :

  # kdump-config load
  Memory for crashkernel is not reserved
  Please reserve memory by passing"crashkernel=X@Y" parameter to kernel
  Then try to loading kdump kernel
   * failed to load kdump kernel

  # kdump-config status
  current state   : Not ready to kdump
  #

  # cat /proc/cmdline
  BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinux-3.19.0-18-generic 
root=UUID=3ea23bcf-7269-432f-bacc-f82c6cdd774e ro splash quiet fadump=on 
crashkernel=2G-4G:320M,4G-32G:512M,32G-64G:1024M,64G-128G:2048M,128G-:4096M 
vt.handoff=7
  # cat /sys/kernel/fadump_enabled
  1
  # cat /sys/kernel/fadump_registered
  0
  #

  # dmesg | grep -i Firmware
  [0.00] Reserved 5120MB of memory at 97279MB for firmware-assisted dump
  [0.00] firmware_features = 0x0001c45ffc5f
  #
  # cat /boot/config-3.19.0-18-generic | grep -i FA_DUMP
  CONFIG_FA_DUMP=y
  #

  Are there any user space fixes missing which prevents me from
  configuring firmware assisted dump ?

  == Comment: #4 - Hari Krishna Bathini  - 2015-06-12 
05:28:24 ==
  This patch makes kdump-tools fadump aware so as to switch between
  kdump & fadump seemlessly based on the dump method enabled (fadump/kdump).

  Thanks
  Hari

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[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1464833] Re: Unable to configure Firmware Assisted dump

2016-01-18 Thread Louis Bouchard
Thank you for the test.

It should be released publicly in a few days.

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Title:
  Unable to configure Firmware Assisted dump

Status in makedumpfile package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in makedumpfile source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [SRU justification]
  This represent a hardware enablement SRU : Firmware assisted dumps (fadump) 
are not possible on LTS.

  [Impact]
  The fadump mechanism cannot be used on Power systems running Trusty

  [Fix]
  Backport fadump functionality from makedumpfile 1.5.8 present in Wily and 
onward.

  [Test Case]
  See comment #9 : The proposed SRU has been tested from a PPA on a Power VM.

  [Regression]
  None expected from a functionality point of view as it is a new feature. 
Existing code paths are minimally modified.

  [Original description of the problem]

  ---Steps to Reproduce---
  1) Using latest daily ISO install 14.04.02 as a Power VM guest.
  2) Upgrade the kernel to 3.19 level (3.19.0-18-generic)
  3) In order to use Firmware Assisted Dump feature update the kernel command 
with fadump=on.
  4) Reboot.

  Post reboot using kdump-config load command fails with following
  message :

  # kdump-config load
  Memory for crashkernel is not reserved
  Please reserve memory by passing"crashkernel=X@Y" parameter to kernel
  Then try to loading kdump kernel
   * failed to load kdump kernel

  # kdump-config status
  current state   : Not ready to kdump
  #

  # cat /proc/cmdline
  BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinux-3.19.0-18-generic 
root=UUID=3ea23bcf-7269-432f-bacc-f82c6cdd774e ro splash quiet fadump=on 
crashkernel=2G-4G:320M,4G-32G:512M,32G-64G:1024M,64G-128G:2048M,128G-:4096M 
vt.handoff=7
  # cat /sys/kernel/fadump_enabled
  1
  # cat /sys/kernel/fadump_registered
  0
  #

  # dmesg | grep -i Firmware
  [0.00] Reserved 5120MB of memory at 97279MB for firmware-assisted dump
  [0.00] firmware_features = 0x0001c45ffc5f
  #
  # cat /boot/config-3.19.0-18-generic | grep -i FA_DUMP
  CONFIG_FA_DUMP=y
  #

  Are there any user space fixes missing which prevents me from
  configuring firmware assisted dump ?

  == Comment: #4 - Hari Krishna Bathini  - 2015-06-12 
05:28:24 ==
  This patch makes kdump-tools fadump aware so as to switch between
  kdump & fadump seemlessly based on the dump method enabled (fadump/kdump).

  Thanks
  Hari

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[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1464833] Re: Unable to configure Firmware Assisted dump

2016-01-18 Thread Breno Leitão
Tested iternally at IBM by Praveen, and he reported:

"Tested with
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/makedumpfile/1.5.5-2ubuntu1.5
package and it works fine ,yes before trying with new package i removed
PPA build"

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Title:
  Unable to configure Firmware Assisted dump

Status in makedumpfile package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in makedumpfile source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [SRU justification]
  This represent a hardware enablement SRU : Firmware assisted dumps (fadump) 
are not possible on LTS.

  [Impact]
  The fadump mechanism cannot be used on Power systems running Trusty

  [Fix]
  Backport fadump functionality from makedumpfile 1.5.8 present in Wily and 
onward.

  [Test Case]
  See comment #9 : The proposed SRU has been tested from a PPA on a Power VM.

  [Regression]
  None expected from a functionality point of view as it is a new feature. 
Existing code paths are minimally modified.

  [Original description of the problem]

  ---Steps to Reproduce---
  1) Using latest daily ISO install 14.04.02 as a Power VM guest.
  2) Upgrade the kernel to 3.19 level (3.19.0-18-generic)
  3) In order to use Firmware Assisted Dump feature update the kernel command 
with fadump=on.
  4) Reboot.

  Post reboot using kdump-config load command fails with following
  message :

  # kdump-config load
  Memory for crashkernel is not reserved
  Please reserve memory by passing"crashkernel=X@Y" parameter to kernel
  Then try to loading kdump kernel
   * failed to load kdump kernel

  # kdump-config status
  current state   : Not ready to kdump
  #

  # cat /proc/cmdline
  BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinux-3.19.0-18-generic 
root=UUID=3ea23bcf-7269-432f-bacc-f82c6cdd774e ro splash quiet fadump=on 
crashkernel=2G-4G:320M,4G-32G:512M,32G-64G:1024M,64G-128G:2048M,128G-:4096M 
vt.handoff=7
  # cat /sys/kernel/fadump_enabled
  1
  # cat /sys/kernel/fadump_registered
  0
  #

  # dmesg | grep -i Firmware
  [0.00] Reserved 5120MB of memory at 97279MB for firmware-assisted dump
  [0.00] firmware_features = 0x0001c45ffc5f
  #
  # cat /boot/config-3.19.0-18-generic | grep -i FA_DUMP
  CONFIG_FA_DUMP=y
  #

  Are there any user space fixes missing which prevents me from
  configuring firmware assisted dump ?

  == Comment: #4 - Hari Krishna Bathini  - 2015-06-12 
05:28:24 ==
  This patch makes kdump-tools fadump aware so as to switch between
  kdump & fadump seemlessly based on the dump method enabled (fadump/kdump).

  Thanks
  Hari

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[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1464833] Re: Unable to configure Firmware Assisted dump

2016-01-17 Thread bugproxy
** Tags removed: verification-needed
** Tags added: verification-done

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Title:
  Unable to configure Firmware Assisted dump

Status in makedumpfile package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in makedumpfile source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [SRU justification]
  This represent a hardware enablement SRU : Firmware assisted dumps (fadump) 
are not possible on LTS.

  [Impact]
  The fadump mechanism cannot be used on Power systems running Trusty

  [Fix]
  Backport fadump functionality from makedumpfile 1.5.8 present in Wily and 
onward.

  [Test Case]
  See comment #9 : The proposed SRU has been tested from a PPA on a Power VM.

  [Regression]
  None expected from a functionality point of view as it is a new feature. 
Existing code paths are minimally modified.

  [Original description of the problem]

  ---Steps to Reproduce---
  1) Using latest daily ISO install 14.04.02 as a Power VM guest.
  2) Upgrade the kernel to 3.19 level (3.19.0-18-generic)
  3) In order to use Firmware Assisted Dump feature update the kernel command 
with fadump=on.
  4) Reboot.

  Post reboot using kdump-config load command fails with following
  message :

  # kdump-config load
  Memory for crashkernel is not reserved
  Please reserve memory by passing"crashkernel=X@Y" parameter to kernel
  Then try to loading kdump kernel
   * failed to load kdump kernel

  # kdump-config status
  current state   : Not ready to kdump
  #

  # cat /proc/cmdline
  BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinux-3.19.0-18-generic 
root=UUID=3ea23bcf-7269-432f-bacc-f82c6cdd774e ro splash quiet fadump=on 
crashkernel=2G-4G:320M,4G-32G:512M,32G-64G:1024M,64G-128G:2048M,128G-:4096M 
vt.handoff=7
  # cat /sys/kernel/fadump_enabled
  1
  # cat /sys/kernel/fadump_registered
  0
  #

  # dmesg | grep -i Firmware
  [0.00] Reserved 5120MB of memory at 97279MB for firmware-assisted dump
  [0.00] firmware_features = 0x0001c45ffc5f
  #
  # cat /boot/config-3.19.0-18-generic | grep -i FA_DUMP
  CONFIG_FA_DUMP=y
  #

  Are there any user space fixes missing which prevents me from
  configuring firmware assisted dump ?

  == Comment: #4 - Hari Krishna Bathini  - 2015-06-12 
05:28:24 ==
  This patch makes kdump-tools fadump aware so as to switch between
  kdump & fadump seemlessly based on the dump method enabled (fadump/kdump).

  Thanks
  Hari

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[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1464833] Re: Unable to configure Firmware Assisted dump

2016-01-14 Thread Louis Bouchard
Hello Praveen,

Would it be possible for you to test the uploaded packages in the
trusty-proposed archive to confirm that the fix is adequate.  Please
don't forget to remove the test packages provided in the PPA.

Kind regards,

...Louis

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Title:
  Unable to configure Firmware Assisted dump

Status in makedumpfile package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in makedumpfile source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [SRU justification]
  This represent a hardware enablement SRU : Firmware assisted dumps (fadump) 
are not possible on LTS.

  [Impact]
  The fadump mechanism cannot be used on Power systems running Trusty

  [Fix]
  Backport fadump functionality from makedumpfile 1.5.8 present in Wily and 
onward.

  [Test Case]
  See comment #9 : The proposed SRU has been tested from a PPA on a Power VM.

  [Regression]
  None expected from a functionality point of view as it is a new feature. 
Existing code paths are minimally modified.

  [Original description of the problem]

  ---Steps to Reproduce---
  1) Using latest daily ISO install 14.04.02 as a Power VM guest.
  2) Upgrade the kernel to 3.19 level (3.19.0-18-generic)
  3) In order to use Firmware Assisted Dump feature update the kernel command 
with fadump=on.
  4) Reboot.

  Post reboot using kdump-config load command fails with following
  message :

  # kdump-config load
  Memory for crashkernel is not reserved
  Please reserve memory by passing"crashkernel=X@Y" parameter to kernel
  Then try to loading kdump kernel
   * failed to load kdump kernel

  # kdump-config status
  current state   : Not ready to kdump
  #

  # cat /proc/cmdline
  BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinux-3.19.0-18-generic 
root=UUID=3ea23bcf-7269-432f-bacc-f82c6cdd774e ro splash quiet fadump=on 
crashkernel=2G-4G:320M,4G-32G:512M,32G-64G:1024M,64G-128G:2048M,128G-:4096M 
vt.handoff=7
  # cat /sys/kernel/fadump_enabled
  1
  # cat /sys/kernel/fadump_registered
  0
  #

  # dmesg | grep -i Firmware
  [0.00] Reserved 5120MB of memory at 97279MB for firmware-assisted dump
  [0.00] firmware_features = 0x0001c45ffc5f
  #
  # cat /boot/config-3.19.0-18-generic | grep -i FA_DUMP
  CONFIG_FA_DUMP=y
  #

  Are there any user space fixes missing which prevents me from
  configuring firmware assisted dump ?

  == Comment: #4 - Hari Krishna Bathini  - 2015-06-12 
05:28:24 ==
  This patch makes kdump-tools fadump aware so as to switch between
  kdump & fadump seemlessly based on the dump method enabled (fadump/kdump).

  Thanks
  Hari

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[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1464833] Re: Unable to configure Firmware Assisted dump

2016-01-13 Thread Chris J Arges
Hello bugproxy, or anyone else affected,

Accepted makedumpfile into trusty-proposed. The package will build now
and be available at
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/makedumpfile/1.5.5-2ubuntu1.5 in a
few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag
from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the
bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to
verification-failed.  In either case, details of your testing will help
us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

** Changed in: makedumpfile (Ubuntu Trusty)
   Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed

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Title:
  Unable to configure Firmware Assisted dump

Status in makedumpfile package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in makedumpfile source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [SRU justification]
  This represent a hardware enablement SRU : Firmware assisted dumps (fadump) 
are not possible on LTS.

  [Impact]
  The fadump mechanism cannot be used on Power systems running Trusty

  [Fix]
  Backport fadump functionality from makedumpfile 1.5.8 present in Wily and 
onward.

  [Test Case]
  See comment #9 : The proposed SRU has been tested from a PPA on a Power VM.

  [Regression]
  None expected from a functionality point of view as it is a new feature. 
Existing code paths are minimally modified.

  [Original description of the problem]

  ---Steps to Reproduce---
  1) Using latest daily ISO install 14.04.02 as a Power VM guest.
  2) Upgrade the kernel to 3.19 level (3.19.0-18-generic)
  3) In order to use Firmware Assisted Dump feature update the kernel command 
with fadump=on.
  4) Reboot.

  Post reboot using kdump-config load command fails with following
  message :

  # kdump-config load
  Memory for crashkernel is not reserved
  Please reserve memory by passing"crashkernel=X@Y" parameter to kernel
  Then try to loading kdump kernel
   * failed to load kdump kernel

  # kdump-config status
  current state   : Not ready to kdump
  #

  # cat /proc/cmdline
  BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinux-3.19.0-18-generic 
root=UUID=3ea23bcf-7269-432f-bacc-f82c6cdd774e ro splash quiet fadump=on 
crashkernel=2G-4G:320M,4G-32G:512M,32G-64G:1024M,64G-128G:2048M,128G-:4096M 
vt.handoff=7
  # cat /sys/kernel/fadump_enabled
  1
  # cat /sys/kernel/fadump_registered
  0
  #

  # dmesg | grep -i Firmware
  [0.00] Reserved 5120MB of memory at 97279MB for firmware-assisted dump
  [0.00] firmware_features = 0x0001c45ffc5f
  #
  # cat /boot/config-3.19.0-18-generic | grep -i FA_DUMP
  CONFIG_FA_DUMP=y
  #

  Are there any user space fixes missing which prevents me from
  configuring firmware assisted dump ?

  == Comment: #4 - Hari Krishna Bathini  - 2015-06-12 
05:28:24 ==
  This patch makes kdump-tools fadump aware so as to switch between
  kdump & fadump seemlessly based on the dump method enabled (fadump/kdump).

  Thanks
  Hari

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[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1464833] Re: Unable to configure Firmware Assisted dump

2016-01-13 Thread Chris J Arges
** Package changed: ubuntu => makedumpfile (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: makedumpfile (Ubuntu)
   Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  Unable to configure Firmware Assisted dump

Status in makedumpfile package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in makedumpfile source package in Trusty:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  [SRU justification]
  This represent a hardware enablement SRU : Firmware assisted dumps (fadump) 
are not possible on LTS.

  [Impact]
  The fadump mechanism cannot be used on Power systems running Trusty

  [Fix]
  Backport fadump functionality from makedumpfile 1.5.8 present in Wily and 
onward.

  [Test Case]
  See comment #9 : The proposed SRU has been tested from a PPA on a Power VM.

  [Regression]
  None expected from a functionality point of view as it is a new feature. 
Existing code paths are minimally modified.

  [Original description of the problem]

  ---Steps to Reproduce---
  1) Using latest daily ISO install 14.04.02 as a Power VM guest.
  2) Upgrade the kernel to 3.19 level (3.19.0-18-generic)
  3) In order to use Firmware Assisted Dump feature update the kernel command 
with fadump=on.
  4) Reboot.

  Post reboot using kdump-config load command fails with following
  message :

  # kdump-config load
  Memory for crashkernel is not reserved
  Please reserve memory by passing"crashkernel=X@Y" parameter to kernel
  Then try to loading kdump kernel
   * failed to load kdump kernel

  # kdump-config status
  current state   : Not ready to kdump
  #

  # cat /proc/cmdline
  BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinux-3.19.0-18-generic 
root=UUID=3ea23bcf-7269-432f-bacc-f82c6cdd774e ro splash quiet fadump=on 
crashkernel=2G-4G:320M,4G-32G:512M,32G-64G:1024M,64G-128G:2048M,128G-:4096M 
vt.handoff=7
  # cat /sys/kernel/fadump_enabled
  1
  # cat /sys/kernel/fadump_registered
  0
  #

  # dmesg | grep -i Firmware
  [0.00] Reserved 5120MB of memory at 97279MB for firmware-assisted dump
  [0.00] firmware_features = 0x0001c45ffc5f
  #
  # cat /boot/config-3.19.0-18-generic | grep -i FA_DUMP
  CONFIG_FA_DUMP=y
  #

  Are there any user space fixes missing which prevents me from
  configuring firmware assisted dump ?

  == Comment: #4 - Hari Krishna Bathini  - 2015-06-12 
05:28:24 ==
  This patch makes kdump-tools fadump aware so as to switch between
  kdump & fadump seemlessly based on the dump method enabled (fadump/kdump).

  Thanks
  Hari

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