an online kernel crash book, and wondering what's deprecated

[Rohan Puri]

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Mulyadi Santosa
<mulyadi.santosa at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Rob...
>
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca>
> wrote:
> >   along those lines, i'm just digging into ftrace and was wondering if
> > it in any way obsoleted systemtap, but i've heard from more than one
> > source that while ftrace is allegedly more powerful, systemtap still
> > has its place and is worth talking about.
>
> since systemtap is still included in Redhat Enterprise Linux, I could
> firmly say SystemTap is still highly relevant these days. So is
> kdump/kexec.
>
> >   so ... if one was going to put together a (small) toolbox of kernel
> > debugging tools, what's worth covering?  interested in any feedback.
>
> IMHO, the most important part is the art of understanding oops message
> and its related stack trace.
>
> I agree :)

> Or worst, what if the system just hangs....divide and conquer things
> like disabling acpi, sysrq, might be the skills we need here.
>
> Not sure if you agree with me here, but I just deliver my ideas.
>
>
>
> --
> regards,
>
> Mulyadi Santosa
> Freelance Linux trainer and consultant
>
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- Rohan
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