linux-kernel - Re: [2/3] 2.6.22-rc2: known regressions v2

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.98.0705251020280.26602@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Fri, 25 May 2007 10:21:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
cc:	Chris Newport <crn@...unix.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>,
	Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Cherwin R. Nooitmeer" <cherwin@...il.com>,
	linux-pcmcia@...ts.infradead.org,
	Robert de Rooy <robert.de.rooy@...il.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>, Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>,
	sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>,
	linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	Kristian H?gsberg <krh@...planet.net>,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Marcus Better <marcus@...ter.se>,
	Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@...l.ru>,
	linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [2/3] 2.6.22-rc2: known regressions v2



On Fri, 25 May 2007, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> 
> 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.)

And Linux can too.

And exactly as with Windows, nobody should ever use it. It's a *developer* 
thing. It's not a user debug facility. And even developers are not all 
that likely to use it.

		Linus
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