From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from kirsty.vergenet.net ([202.4.237.240]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.76 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1SwRAf-00010M-MF for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2012 05:08:34 +0000 Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 14:08:27 +0900 From: Simon Horman Subject: Re: [PATCH] vmcore-dmesg: vmcore-dmesg: Make it work with new structured logging format Message-ID: <20120801050827.GF19796@verge.net.au> References: <20120730173248.GB2317@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120730173248.GB2317@redhat.com> 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: Vivek Goyal Cc: Kexec Mailing List , "Eric W. Biederman" On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 01:32:48PM -0400, Vivek Goyal wrote: > Now kernel has made kernel logging structured and exsisting vmcore-dmesg > does not work with this new format. Hence kernel version 3.5 is broken. In > 3.6 now a kernel patch has been put which exports relevant fields. This > patch parses those fields and makes vmcore-dmesg work with new logging > format. > > Currently it does not display log levels or dictionary. I personally think > that log levels are not very useful and it also requires additional kernel > patches so that log levels are not bitfields and relevant information is > exported to user space properly. > > Concept of dictionary is new and relevant information is exported. One can > possibly enahnce vmcore-dmesg to also print dictionary contents based on > a user command line option. > > Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal Thanks, applied. _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec