[PATCH] LKCD for 2.5.44 (7/8): dump configuration

Matt D. Robinson
2002-10-23T09:35:41Z

This patch adds the ability to configure crash dumps in the
kernel, including optional compression mechanisms and loading
of network crash dump capabilities.

arch/i386/config.in | 7 +++++++
lib/Config.in | 2 ++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff -Naur linux-2.5.44.orig/arch/i386/config.in linux-2.5.44.lkcd/arch/i386/config.in
--- linux-2.5.44.orig/arch/i386/config.in Fri Oct 18 21:01:21 2002
+++ linux-2.5.44.lkcd/arch/i386/config.in Wed Oct 23 01:39:30 2002
@@ -455,6 +455,17 @@
dep_bool 'Software Suspend (EXPERIMENTAL)' CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND $CONFIG_PM
fi

+tristate 'Crash dump support' CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
+if [ "$CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP" != "n" ]; then
+ dep_tristate ' Crash dump block device driver' CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP_BLOCKDEV $CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
+ dep_tristate ' Crash dump RLE compression' CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP_COMPRESS_RLE $CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
+ dep_tristate ' Crash dump GZIP compression' CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP_COMPRESS_GZIP $CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
+else
+ define_tristate CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP_BLOCKDEV n
+ define_tristate CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP_COMPRESS_RLE n
+ define_tristate CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP_COMPRESS_GZIP n
+fi
+
bool 'Kernel debugging' CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL
if [ "$CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL" != "n" ]; then
bool ' Check for stack overflows' CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
diff -Naur linux-2.5.44.orig/lib/Config.in linux-2.5.44.lkcd/lib/Config.in
--- linux-2.5.44.orig/lib/Config.in Fri Oct 18 21:01:10 2002
+++ linux-2.5.44.lkcd/lib/Config.in Sat Oct 19 12:39:15 2002
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@
fi

if [ "$CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE" = "y" -o \
+ "$CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP_COMPRESS_GZIP" = "y" -o \
"$CONFIG_JFFS2_FS" = "y" ]; then
define_tristate CONFIG_ZLIB_DEFLATE y
else
if [ "$CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE" = "m" -o \
+ "$CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP_COMPRESS_GZIP" = "m" -o \
"$CONFIG_JFFS2_FS" = "m" ]; then
define_tristate CONFIG_ZLIB_DEFLATE m
else