From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759508AbXGPM1k (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:27:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751990AbXGPM1d (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:27:33 -0400 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:41024 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751632AbXGPM1c (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:27:32 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:27:20 +0200 From: Bernhard Walle To: Vivek Goyal Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Ken'ichi Ohmichi" Subject: Re: Determine version of kernel that produced vmcore Message-ID: <20070716122719.GA32519@suse.de> Mail-Followup-To: Vivek Goyal , kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ken'ichi Ohmichi References: <20070710120243.GA10121@hmsendeavour.rdu.redhat.com> <20070713200533oomichi@mail.jp.nec.com> <20070713131550.GB10985@suse.de> <20070716041918.GA11390@in.ibm.com> <20070716115707.GA29923@suse.de> <20070716122518.GA10506@in.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070716122518.GA10506@in.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Vivek Goyal [2007-07-16 14:25]: >=20 > Ok. Now there seems to be two ways for accessing such info. > - Through global variables > - Export through ELF notes. >=20 > Personally, I like the approach taken by Dan Aloni of exporting required > info through ELF notes. That seems to be more standard in the sense we=20 > are not dependent on somebody removing above variable tomorrow. >=20 > Dan, are you planning to put the modified patch for discussions on LKML? You mean the proposal with the makedumpfile-compatible ELF note? Although I like that idea, I think Ken'ichi Ohmichi was against it. Thanks, Bernhard --BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGm2QniGU2lt2vZFQRAq3+AJ9qacACqSFfOwzRnVVbOJNzV6dTmQCeP8XA YCPlvg1Q5IVl7csPB521teA= =c7At -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3--