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From: Louis Bouchard <louis.bouchard@canonical.com>
To: "kexec@lists.infradead.org" <kexec@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: "kernel version not supported" message is causing concerns
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:29:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <57C58A20.7000704@canonical.com> (raw)

Hello,

Every so often, I get questions or bug report about the fact that makedumpfile
issues the following message when running :

   The kernel version is not supported.
   The created dumpfile may be incomplete.

While I understand the requirement for this message, it almost systematically is
understood by users as "makedumpfile is broken".

I would like to discuss the opportunity of changing the wording of this message
so it appears less confusing. Maybe something like :

Warning: makedumpfile has not been tested on this version of the kernel.
         If the created dumpfile is incomplete, you may need to upgrade to a
         newer version of makedumpfile.

I would be happy to propose a pull request for such a change if accepted.

Kind regards,

...Louis


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Louis Bouchard
Software engineer, Cloud & Sustaining eng.
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             reply	other threads:[~2016-08-30 13:29 UTC|newest]

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2016-08-30 13:29 Louis Bouchard [this message]
2016-09-02  8:50 ` "kernel version not supported" message is causing concerns Atsushi Kumagai

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