Re: [Fastboot] Re: Query: Kdump: Core Image ELF Format

2005-03-10 Thread Itsuro Oda
Hi, Using ELF format to construct dump information (registers, physical adress range, and physical memory etc.) is OK. It's not bad idea. But it is not necessary to indend to use a particular analysis tool. Do simple. Thanks. -- Itsuro ODA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from thi

Re: [Fastboot] Re: Query: Kdump: Core Image ELF Format

2005-03-10 Thread Itsuro Oda
Hi, Using ELF format to construct dump information (registers, physical adress range, and physical memory etc.) is OK. It's not bad idea. But it is not necessary to indend to use a particular analysis tool. Do simple. Thanks. -- Itsuro ODA [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list

Re: Query: Kdump: Core Image ELF Format

2005-03-08 Thread Itsuro Oda
om this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- Itsuro ODA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubsc

Re: Query: Kdump: Core Image ELF Format

2005-03-08 Thread Itsuro Oda
://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- Itsuro ODA [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [Fastboot] Re: [PATCH] /proc/cpumem

2005-02-17 Thread Itsuro Oda
of the kexec code. So while many times I can see what needs to be > done it is hard for me to justify doing it. So a lot of times > where I will weigh in with code is when I see a particular blind spot > on the part of the implementors. I see. I would like to contribute as possible I can

Re: [Fastboot] Re: [PATCH] /proc/cpumem

2005-02-17 Thread Itsuro Oda
code. So while many times I can see what needs to be done it is hard for me to justify doing it. So a lot of times where I will weigh in with code is when I see a particular blind spot on the part of the implementors. I see. I would like to contribute as possible I can. Thanks. -- Itsuro ODA

Re: [Fastboot] [PATCH] /proc/cpumem

2005-02-16 Thread Itsuro Oda
Hi, > I thought efi related data structures are of type __initdata and will be gone > after initilization. (efi.c) oops. certainly. and, devmem_is_allowed does same mistake :-) (I don't know who made it.) Thanks. -- Itsuro ODA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from thi

[BUG][x86-64]nmi_watchdog is not available

2005-02-16 Thread Itsuro Oda
(3) + enable_NMI_through_LVT0 (4) - check_nmi_watchdog(2) runs before enabling NMI(4). (where cpu_callin_map is already set) console log is attached. (line marked "<= debuging" are my debugging printk) Thanks. -- Itsuro ODA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

Re: [PATCH] /proc/cpumem

2005-02-16 Thread Itsuro Oda
gt; code altogether in this code path. I threw it in there to > ease the transition from the old code base to the new, but > if that code is causing issues So this is probably a good time > to start testing that. How about this ? Thanks. -- Itsuro ODA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsub

[PATCH] /proc/cpumem

2005-02-16 Thread Itsuro Oda
-rc3-mm2 ? How do I get and examine the latest kexec/kdump ? Thanks. -- Itsuro ODA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- --- linux-2.6.11-rc3-mm2/drivers/char/mem.c 2005-02-16 15:36:31.0 +0900 +++ linux-2.6.11-rc3-mm2-test/drivers/char/mem.c2005-02-16 23:32:15.244876816 +0900 @@

[PATCH] /proc/cpumem

2005-02-16 Thread Itsuro Oda
-rc3-mm2 ? How do I get and examine the latest kexec/kdump ? Thanks. -- Itsuro ODA [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- --- linux-2.6.11-rc3-mm2/drivers/char/mem.c 2005-02-16 15:36:31.0 +0900 +++ linux-2.6.11-rc3-mm2-test/drivers/char/mem.c2005-02-16 23:32:15.244876816 +0900 @@ -25,6 +25,9

Re: [PATCH] /proc/cpumem

2005-02-16 Thread Itsuro Oda
the transition from the old code base to the new, but if that code is causing issues So this is probably a good time to start testing that. How about this ? Thanks. -- Itsuro ODA [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message

[BUG][x86-64]nmi_watchdog is not available

2005-02-16 Thread Itsuro Oda
(3) + enable_NMI_through_LVT0 (4) - check_nmi_watchdog(2) runs before enabling NMI(4). (where cpu_callin_map is already set) console log is attached. (line marked = debuging are my debugging printk) Thanks. -- Itsuro ODA [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Bootdata ok

Re: [Fastboot] [PATCH] /proc/cpumem

2005-02-16 Thread Itsuro Oda
Hi, I thought efi related data structures are of type __initdata and will be gone after initilization. (efi.c) oops. certainly. and, devmem_is_allowed does same mistake :-) (I don't know who made it.) Thanks. -- Itsuro ODA [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: [Fastboot] Re: kdump on non-boot cpu

2005-02-03 Thread Itsuro Oda
> as the kernel knows enough to completely setup the apics. I see. Thank you for your explanation. Thanks. -- Itsuro ODA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo inf

Re: [Fastboot] [PATCH] Reserving backup region for kexec based crashdumps.

2005-02-03 Thread Itsuro Oda
Hi, On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 08:18:56 +0900 Itsuro Oda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 5) dump kernel: export all valid physical memory (and saved register > > >information) to the user. (as /dev/oldmem /proc/vmcore ?) > > > > Or in user space,

Re: [Fastboot] [PATCH] Reserving backup region for kexec based crashdumps.

2005-02-03 Thread Itsuro Oda
Hi, On 02 Feb 2005 07:45:11 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric W. Biederman) wrote: > > And the feedback begins :) > > Itsuro Oda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi, > > > > I don't like calling crash_kexec() directly in (ex.) panic(). > > It

Re: [Fastboot] Re: kdump on non-boot cpu

2005-02-03 Thread Itsuro Oda
Hi, On 03 Feb 2005 02:58:02 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric W. Biederman) wrote: > Itsuro Oda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi, > > > > This is not for kdump but an experience of our project(mkdump). > > The du

Re: [Fastboot] [PATCH] Reserving backup region for kexec based crashdumps.

2005-02-03 Thread Itsuro Oda
ents to the dump kernel is that: * supply a method to access whole (valid) physical memory. * supply a method to access the saved register information. Does the kdump meet this requirment ? (I am not interesting to /proc/vmcore. Constructing the vmcore image is area of analysis tools. not kernel's

Re: kdump on non-boot cpu

2005-02-03 Thread Itsuro Oda
:12:32 +0530 Vivek Goyal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 10:42, Itsuro Oda wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I found the following in an old mail: > > > > >From vgoyal at in.ibm.com Thu Jan 6 07:20:43 2005 > > ... > > >2. Kdump c

Re: kdump on non-boot cpu

2005-02-03 Thread Itsuro Oda
+0530 Vivek Goyal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 10:42, Itsuro Oda wrote: Hi, I found the following in an old mail: From vgoyal at in.ibm.com Thu Jan 6 07:20:43 2005 ... 2. Kdump can possibly fail on SMP machines if crash occurs on non-boot cpu. Hari

Re: [Fastboot] [PATCH] Reserving backup region for kexec based crashdumps.

2005-02-03 Thread Itsuro Oda
to access the saved register information. Does the kdump meet this requirment ? (I am not interesting to /proc/vmcore. Constructing the vmcore image is area of analysis tools. not kernel's task.) Thanks. -- Itsuro ODA [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe

Re: [Fastboot] Re: kdump on non-boot cpu

2005-02-03 Thread Itsuro Oda
Hi, On 03 Feb 2005 02:58:02 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric W. Biederman) wrote: Itsuro Oda [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, This is not for kdump but an experience of our project(mkdump). The dump kernel(not SMP config) boot hangs if machine_kexec()

Re: [Fastboot] [PATCH] Reserving backup region for kexec based crashdumps.

2005-02-03 Thread Itsuro Oda
Hi, On 02 Feb 2005 07:45:11 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric W. Biederman) wrote: And the feedback begins :) Itsuro Oda [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I don't like calling crash_kexec() directly in (ex.) panic(). It should be call_dump_hook() (or something like this). I think

Re: [Fastboot] [PATCH] Reserving backup region for kexec based crashdumps.

2005-02-03 Thread Itsuro Oda
Hi, On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 08:18:56 +0900 Itsuro Oda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 5) dump kernel: export all valid physical memory (and saved register information) to the user. (as /dev/oldmem /proc/vmcore ?) Or in user space, by just mmaping /dev/mem. That is part of the current

Re: [Fastboot] Re: kdump on non-boot cpu

2005-02-03 Thread Itsuro Oda
. Thank you for your explanation. Thanks. -- Itsuro ODA [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http

Re: [Fastboot] [PATCH] Reserving backup region for kexec based crashdumps.

2005-02-02 Thread Itsuro Oda
40K backup area is. Please let me know why it is necessary. Thanks. -- Itsuro ODA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.ht

kdump on non-boot cpu

2005-02-02 Thread Itsuro Oda
.6.11-rc2-mm1.) -- Itsuro ODA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

kdump on non-boot cpu

2005-02-02 Thread Itsuro Oda
.) -- Itsuro ODA [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [Fastboot] [PATCH] Reserving backup region for kexec based crashdumps.

2005-02-02 Thread Itsuro Oda
is. Please let me know why it is necessary. Thanks. -- Itsuro ODA [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http

Re: [Fastboot] [PATCH] Reserving backup region for kexec based crashdumps.

2005-02-01 Thread Itsuro Oda
-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- Itsuro ODA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe lin

Re: [Fastboot] [PATCH] Reserving backup region for kexec based crashdumps.

2005-02-01 Thread Itsuro Oda
nice to me. -- Itsuro ODA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [Fastboot] [PATCH] Reserving backup region for kexec based crashdumps.

2005-02-01 Thread Itsuro Oda
. -- Itsuro ODA [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [Fastboot] [PATCH] Reserving backup region for kexec based crashdumps.

2005-02-01 Thread Itsuro Oda
the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- Itsuro ODA [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/