From: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de>
To: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com>
Cc: Ken'ichi Ohmichi <oomichi@mxs.nes.nec.co.jp>,
kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Determine version of kernel that produced vmcore
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:28:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070716122854.GC32519@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070716122518.GA10506@in.ibm.com>
* Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> [2007-07-16 14:25]:
>
> Ok. Now there seems to be two ways for accessing such info.
> - Through global variables
> - Export through ELF notes.
>
> Personally, I like the approach taken by Dan Aloni of exporting required
> info through ELF notes. That seems to be more standard in the sense we
> are not dependent on somebody removing above variable tomorrow.
>
> Dan, are you planning to put the modified patch for discussions on LKML?
You mean the proposal with the makedumpfile-compatible ELF note?
Although I like that idea, I think Ken'ichi Ohmichi was against it.
Thanks,
Bernhard
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From: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de>
To: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com>
Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Ken'ichi Ohmichi" <oomichi@mxs.nes.nec.co.jp>
Subject: Re: Determine version of kernel that produced vmcore
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:28:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070716122854.GC32519@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070716122518.GA10506@in.ibm.com>
* Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> [2007-07-16 14:25]:
>
> Ok. Now there seems to be two ways for accessing such info.
> - Through global variables
> - Export through ELF notes.
>
> Personally, I like the approach taken by Dan Aloni of exporting required
> info through ELF notes. That seems to be more standard in the sense we
> are not dependent on somebody removing above variable tomorrow.
>
> Dan, are you planning to put the modified patch for discussions on LKML?
You mean the proposal with the makedumpfile-compatible ELF note?
Although I like that idea, I think Ken'ichi Ohmichi was against it.
Thanks,
Bernhard
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-07-16 12:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 109+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-06 13:28 Determine version of kernel that produced vmcore Bernhard Walle
2007-07-06 13:28 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-06 14:58 ` Dan Aloni
2007-07-06 14:58 ` Dan Aloni
2007-07-09 9:21 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-09 9:21 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-09 11:41 ` Dan Aloni
2007-07-09 11:41 ` Dan Aloni
2007-07-09 20:49 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-09 20:49 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-10 4:45 ` Dan Aloni
2007-07-10 4:45 ` Dan Aloni
2007-07-10 13:20 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-10 13:20 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-10 15:00 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-10 15:00 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-10 17:17 ` Neil Horman
2007-07-10 17:17 ` Neil Horman
2007-07-10 17:35 ` Dan Aloni
2007-07-10 17:35 ` Dan Aloni
2007-07-10 18:26 ` Dan Aloni
2007-07-10 18:26 ` Dan Aloni
2007-07-10 19:00 ` Neil Horman
2007-07-10 19:00 ` Neil Horman
2007-07-10 20:36 ` Dan Aloni
2007-07-10 20:36 ` Dan Aloni
2007-07-11 11:57 ` Neil Horman
2007-07-11 11:57 ` Neil Horman
2007-07-10 6:48 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-10 6:48 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-10 8:14 ` Dan Aloni
2007-07-10 8:14 ` Dan Aloni
2007-07-10 12:12 ` Neil Horman
2007-07-10 12:12 ` Neil Horman
2007-07-10 13:05 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-10 13:05 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-10 12:09 ` Neil Horman
2007-07-10 12:09 ` Neil Horman
2007-07-10 16:52 ` Dan Aloni
2007-07-10 16:52 ` Dan Aloni
2007-07-11 6:07 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-11 6:07 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-11 7:32 ` Dan Aloni
2007-07-11 7:32 ` Dan Aloni
2007-07-11 13:43 ` Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2007-07-11 13:43 ` Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2007-07-13 3:58 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-13 3:58 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-13 7:49 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-13 7:49 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-13 3:43 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-13 3:43 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-11 8:58 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-11 8:58 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-10 3:13 ` Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2007-07-10 3:13 ` Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2007-07-10 12:02 ` Neil Horman
2007-07-10 12:02 ` Neil Horman
2007-07-13 11:05 ` Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2007-07-13 11:05 ` Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2007-07-13 13:15 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-13 13:15 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-16 4:19 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-16 4:19 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-16 11:57 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-16 11:57 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-16 12:25 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-16 12:25 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-16 12:27 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-16 12:28 ` Bernhard Walle [this message]
2007-07-16 12:28 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-16 12:36 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-16 12:36 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-18 14:07 ` Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2007-07-18 14:07 ` Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2007-07-18 23:10 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-18 23:10 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-24 6:49 ` Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2007-07-24 6:49 ` Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2007-07-19 14:12 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-19 14:12 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-19 16:39 ` Don Zickus
2007-07-19 16:39 ` Don Zickus
2007-07-19 16:49 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-19 16:49 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-19 16:59 ` Don Zickus
2007-07-19 16:59 ` Don Zickus
2007-07-23 5:01 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-23 5:01 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-23 11:47 ` Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2007-07-23 11:47 ` Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2007-07-23 13:02 ` Dan Aloni
2007-07-23 13:02 ` Dan Aloni
2007-07-23 15:58 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-23 15:58 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-24 6:40 ` Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2007-07-24 6:40 ` Ken'ichi Ohmichi
2007-07-17 3:50 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-17 3:50 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-17 8:17 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-17 8:17 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-10 12:52 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-10 12:52 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-10 6:36 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-10 6:36 ` Vivek Goyal
2007-07-10 12:59 ` Bernhard Walle
2007-07-10 12:59 ` Bernhard Walle
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-07-23 21:08 Dave Anderson
2007-07-24 6:41 ` Ken'ichi Ohmichi
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