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From: Freeman Zhang <freeman.zhang1992-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Ronit Halder <ronit.crj-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
	ronit.linux-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
	initramfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	kernelnewbies-7JyXY6prKcjpASu1u0TL5ti2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org,
	zhezhang-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: "kdumpbase" dracut module
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 08:41:21 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <56F094B1.6070209@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAm8cU6EaVwQPV5wwy5PXeEShtEfscTz-vAOOxmZWP56YDgNSg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>


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On 3/21/16 9:55 PM, Ronit Halder wrote:
> Thanks for helping
> 
> So, this module is used to dump the crash kernel.
> Am I right?
> If not then can you explain how kdump kernel calls the makedumpfile?
> 

You are absolutely right Ronit. By the time the second kernel is booted,
this module will start a service called kdump-capture, which will
execute kdump.sh, which will invoke makedumpfile after all, depending on
your kdump configuration.

All the best!
Freeman


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      parent reply	other threads:[~2016-03-22  0:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-03-19  7:29 "kdumpbase" dracut module Ronit Halder
     [not found] ` <CACeEjSL0jrqF9WtX3mZrO0036pGc4O4aPg+=JPMOB7QH47DLWA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-21  6:26   ` Dave Young
     [not found]     ` <20160321062655.GA9896-0VdLhd/A9Pl+NNSt+8eSiB/sF2h8X+2i0E9HWUfgJXw@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-21 13:55       ` Ronit Halder
     [not found]         ` <CAAm8cU6EaVwQPV5wwy5PXeEShtEfscTz-vAOOxmZWP56YDgNSg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2016-03-22  0:41           ` Freeman Zhang [this message]

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