From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from wm58.inbox.com ([64.135.83.58]) by bombadil.infradead.org with smtp (Exim 4.69 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1MGQUD-0007Dy-5G for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:41:35 +0000 Received: from inbox.com (127.0.0.1:25) by inbox.com with [InBox.Com SMTP Server] id <906150019808.WM58> for from ; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 8:43:02 PM -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:43:02 -0800 Message-ID: From: Dharmosoth Seetharam Subject: Re: /var/log/messages doesn't have crash info when kernel gets panic/oops/crash In-Reply-To: <20090613180736.GA24861@localhost.localdomain> References: <9c8decfb07c.00000038dseetharam@inbox.com> <913da90c6c8.0000039bdseetharam@inbox.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Sender: kexec-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: Neil Horman Cc: fastboot@lists.linux-foundation.org, vgoyal@in.ibm.com, kexec@lists.infradead.org, "Eric W. 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