Makedumpfile from Raw file

[enjoy mindful]

http://jeffbastian.blogspot.com/2012/11/extract-vmlinux-with-power-of-command.html

On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 6:50 AM, Lucas Tanure <tanure at linux.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The problem is that I receive files from ram dump and I need to open
> that with Trace32. But I would like to analyse with Gdb.
> So, It's not a matter better debug or run linux. Or I'm tied with
> Trace32 or I find a way to convert the raw ram dump into something
> that gdb reads.
> I would like to do:
> gdb vmlinux vmcore
>
> But my vmcore it's not in elf format for dumps.
>
> Where I can read about kernel addresses ? I would like to understand
> better the memory of the kernel in running. I know that kernel takes
> 1gb of ram, but what else ?
>
> Thanks
>
>
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> Lucas Tanure
> +55 (19) 988176559
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 7:37 PM, Real Name <enjoymindful at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 04:14:42PM -0300, Lucas Tanure wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Can I create a vmcore (elf format) using makedumpfile from a Raw file ?
>>> So I can debug using vmlinux and gdb ?
>>>
>>
>> To debug kernel with gdb, you can try:
>> 1) User Mode Linux
>> 2) qemu + gdb
>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> --
>>> Lucas Tanure
>>> +55 (19) 988176559
>>>
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