linux-kernel - Re: Determine version of kernel that produced vmcore

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Message-ID: <20070713131550.GB10985@suse.de>
Date:	Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:15:50 +0200
From:	Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de>
To:	Ken'ichi Ohmichi <oomichi@....nes.nec.co.jp>
Cc:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...hat.com>, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Determine version of kernel that produced vmcore

* Ken'ichi Ohmichi <oomichi@....nes.nec.co.jp> [2007-07-13 13:05]:
> 
> BTW, I'd like to remove PAGESIZE from a mkdfinfo file.
> While 2nd-kernel is running, new makedumpfile comes to consider
> 2nd-kernel PAGESIZE as 1st-kernel PAGESIZE without getting PAGESIZE
> from a mkdfinfo file.

I don't think that's a good idea. IMO the kernel should be modified to
export the page size in a variable for that purpose. That would solve
all problems and dependencies, doesn't it?



Thanks,
   Bernhard
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