linux-kernel - Re: March 2008: Current state of oops/crash dumps

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Date:	Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:01:00 +0100
From:	Jan Evert van Grootheest <j.e.van.grootheest@...way.nl>
To:	R H <robheilman@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: March 2008: Current state of oops/crash dumps

R H wrote:
> There is a lot of information on the web about Linux and oops/crash
> dumps.  Some positive, some quite negative.  There are lots of pages
> about tools, patches, best practices, etc.  The problem is that they
> all seem to be out of date.  I think the latest patch I have seen
> available was for 2.6.10.  All this data begs the question:
>
> What is the current state and roadmap for Linux kernel oops/crash dump
> capabilities?
>   
I'm sure that you've been looking at the Documentation/ tree
in the kernel sources? You should've come across netconsole
then. It will do just about the same as a serial console except
that it uses the network.
With newer kernels I don't think there's much need for
patches or tools. Although there are some things that you can
do to improve the stack traces (configure frame pointers, for
example).

-- Jan Evert

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