From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-bw0-f10.google.com (mail-bw0-f10.google.com [209.85.218.10]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE420DDE98 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:32:47 +1100 (EST) Received: by bwz3 with SMTP id 3so5829594bwz.9 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:32:46 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <80872bab0812151058tdffd4b9ucd9031db21c9fc76@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:58:49 -0700 From: "Frank Fan" To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Subject: Need help to understand why kdump is for 64 bit PPC only MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_28439_16556887.1229367529839" List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , ------=_Part_28439_16556887.1229367529839 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hello, I am working on a freescale MPC8572 CPU board and use 32 bit Linux2.6.28. When I enable 64 bit, it shows "kdump" in "kernel options". Otherwise, "kdump" is disabled. Can someone give me some hint why kdump is for 64 bit PPC only? Thanks for the help, Frank Fan Alcatel-Lucent Salt Lake City, UT, USA ------=_Part_28439_16556887.1229367529839 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hello,

I am working on a freescale MPC8572 CPU board and use 32 bit Linux2.6.28.  When I enable 64 bit, it shows "kdump" in "kernel options". Otherwise, "kdump" is disabled.
Can someone give me some hint why kdump is for 64 bit PPC only?

Thanks for the help,

Frank Fan
Alcatel-Lucent
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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