makedumpfile-1.3.0: Support i386 CONFIG_VMSPLIT_1G kernel

Hi, makedumpfile version 1.3.0 is released. Your comments/patches are welcome. Changelog: o New feature - Support i386 CONFIG_VMSPLIT_1G kernel. - Add compiling options for calling lseek64() surely. - Use gzip for manpage compression. (Bernhard Walle) o Bugfix - Fix the buffer han

Re: [RFC] powerpc: add kexec support on Book-E

On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 23:20 +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote: > +#define KEXEC_MODE_NOMMU 1 > +#define KEXEC_MODE_BOOKE 2 No need for runtime detection here, you cannot and likely never will be able to build a kernel that does bot BookE and real mode... > + > +/* 1. Find the index of the e

Re: [PATCH] add additional symbols to /sys/kernel/vmcoreinfo data for ppc(64)

Hi Neil, I had created similar patch, but your patch is better than mine because your patch has right configuration dependency. So I think this patch is fine. Reviewed-by: Ken'ichi Ohmichi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks Ken'ichi Ohmichi * Reference: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2008

Re: [PATCH] Use return value of count_dyn_reconf_memory_ranges()

On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 07:01:25PM +0200, Bernhard Walle wrote: > This patch fixes the build error > > kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-ppc64.c:140: \ > warning: control reaches end of non-void function > > The patch returns 0 on success, and checks when the function is called > for a non-zero

[PATCH] Use return value of count_dyn_reconf_memory_ranges()

This patch fixes the build error kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-ppc64.c:140: \ warning: control reaches end of non-void function The patch returns 0 on success, and checks when the function is called for a non-zero value. Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- kexec/arch/ppc

Re: [PATCH] Support for relocatable kdump kernel

Hi Paul, Thank you for the review. I will implement the changes you suggested and send the patches. Regards, Mohan. > Mohan Kumar M writes: > >> Support for relocatable kdump kernel > > [snip] > >> @@ -1384,7 +1392,15 @@ _STATIC(__after_prom_start) >> /* process relocations for the fina

Re: [PATCH] Fix kdump kernel hang issue with relocatable kernel patches

Paul Mackerras wrote: > > Hmmm. Is there any reason to continue to support non-relocatable > 64-bit kernels being kdump kernels? In other words, for 64-bit, > couldn't we make CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP depend on CONFIG_RELOCATABLE? We wanted to support legacy kdump feature on 64 bit kernels for some

[PATCH] add additional symbols to /sys/kernel/vmcoreinfo data for ppc(64)

Hey- The makdumpdile dump filtering program, in some modes of operation needs the node_data and/or contig_page_data symbols to function properly. These symbols are missing from the powerpc kernel. This patch adds those symbols in properly. Tested successfully by myself and the reporter.