From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from ns.suse.de ([195.135.220.2] helo=mx1.suse.de) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.63 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1Hr7Rf-0005ZZ-D3 for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 24 May 2007 03:09:13 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 09:09:08 +0200 From: Bernhard Walle Subject: Re: [PATCH] [makedumpfile] Follow debuginfo link of vmlinux file Message-ID: <20070524070908.GC15395@suse.de> References: <20070501133912.GA8247@suse.de> <20070524093556oomichi@mail.jp.nec.com> <20070524065459.GB15395@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070524065459.GB15395@suse.de> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: kexec-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=infradead.org+dwmw2=infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: kexec@lists.infradead.org Cc: Ken'ichi Ohmichi * Bernhard Walle [2007-05-24 08:54]: > * Ken'ichi Ohmichi [2007-05-24 02:35]: > > 2007/05/01 15:39:12 +0200, Bernhard Walle wrote: > > >This patch implements support for following the debug information link in the > > >.gnu_debuginfo section if the specified binary contains one. That makes it > > >possible to call makedumpfile with -x /boot/vmlinux- on distributions > > >that ship extra -debuginfo packages for the kernel. > > > > Isn't it good to specify the debuginfo file directly instead of your patch ? > > I confirmed that makedumpfile without your patch can run by specifying the > > debuginfo file directly. > > But it needs program headers, right? After reading the source code again I don't think so. While I like the idea of following the .gnu_debuglink more I can also accept your decision that the user has to specify the debug info file manually. Thanks, Bernhard _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec