RE: [parisc-linux] New dump driver patche.

["\"Beerse, Corné\"" <c.beerse@torex-hiscom.nl>]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bruno_vidal@hp.com [mailto:bruno_vidal@hp.com]
> 
> Joel Soete wrote:
> 
> > I had another question: this system has 2Gb of RAM and my 
> boot disk is of
> > 9Gb , so my question is: may I use any swap as dump device 
> over the famous
> > 2 first Gb of the disk
> 
> Yes, you can use any swap device, the limitation of the 2Gb 
> is coming from
> the capabilities of the scsi card itself, and on any "last" 
> system the PDC is
> able to acces over 2Gb. This limitation is only on old 
> workstation and server,
> like 712/K (not all scsi card)....I need to add this checking 
> when configuring
> the crash area. I've already start to add this, but it is not 
> yet fully tested, mainly
> because it is only for old system, A/N/L don't have this limitation.
> 
> > (or is it possible to pass a parameter to the kernel
> > to put this swap-dump on another disk).
> 
> Sorry, not yet, I didn't look yet how to retrieve option
> from the command line. But it is in my todo list to add
> "early dump" feature.


Is there a need for swap/dump-space, like on HP-UX? or can PA-Linux run
without any swap and hence without any dump area like intel-linux? Or does
PA-Linux need swapspace like VAX/VMS needs it?


CBee, just a list follower that hopes to find time to put live in his
9000/712/80.

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