What's the difference between /proc/vmcore and /proc/kcore ?

[Dave Hylands]

My take on it is that /proc/kcore is a mapping of the raw virtual memory,
so it looks like a humungous sparse file.

/proc/vmcore is a ELF-formatted version of the same thing which would be
more suitable for storing on a hard-drive.


On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 6:30 AM, Lucas Tanure <tanure at linux.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> What's the difference between /proc/vmcore and /proc/kcore ?
>
> Thanks
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> Lucas Tanure
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