From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from cantor.suse.de ([195.135.220.2] helo=mx1.suse.de) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.68 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1KYbsi-0005M3-8u for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:25:24 +0000 Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:25:19 +0200 From: Bernhard Walle Subject: Re: makedumpfile fails on SGI machine Message-ID: <20080828092519.5d2d8838@halley.suse.de> In-Reply-To: <48B602CF.5040809@sgi.com> References: <20080730161416.47605c30@halley.suse.de> <4891197D.10400@mxs.nes.nec.co.jp> <20080731104726.035850be@halley.suse.de> <48919306.80103@mxs.nes.nec.co.jp> <20080731131823.3c7c97b2@halley.suse.de> <4891A3CB.9040805@mxs.nes.nec.co.jp> <48984275.5070409@mxs.nes.nec.co.jp> <20080805171143.773c2465@halley.suse.de> <48A9228A.3070005@mxs.nes.nec.co.jp> <20080818130025.0282e471@halley.suse.de> <48B517A2.5010508@mxs.nes.nec.co.jp> <48B602CF.5040809@sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 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@lists.infradead.org To: Jay Lan Cc: Ken'ichi Ohmichi , kexec@lists.infradead.org Hi Ken'ichi Ohmichi, * Jay Lan [2008-08-27 18:43]: > > Thanks for your patch! > > I am wondering if the discontigmem kernel has a legitimate bug, > we probably should report it? > > I tested your patch on a machine that used to fail in executing > 'makedumpfile'. It now generated a dump file fine. thanks for the patch, I can also report that with the patch and with vmlinux it works now. However, shouldn't we add that vmem_map to VMCOREINFO of the kernel? Thanks also Jay for testing! Bernhard -- Bernhard Walle, SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Architecture Development _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec