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Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 13:07:10 -0400
From: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [2/3] 2.6.22-rc2: known regressions v2
On 05/25/2007 12:45 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Yes, in a controlled environment, dumping the whole memory image to disk
> may be the right thing to do. BUT: in a controlled environment, you'll
> never get the kind of usage that Linux gets. Why do you think Linux (and
> Windows, for that matter) took away a lot of the market from traditional
> UNIX?
>
Windows can dump memory to the swap file on crash. Default is a "minidump"
IIRC but you can set it to dump all memory (or none.)
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