<div dir="ltr">My take on it is that /proc/kcore is a mapping of the raw virtual memory, so it looks like a humungous sparse file.<div><br></div><div>/proc/vmcore is a ELF-formatted version of the same thing which would be more suitable for storing on a hard-drive.</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 6:30 AM, Lucas Tanure <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tanure@linux.com" target="_blank">tanure@linux.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">Hi, <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">What's the difference between /proc/vmcore and /proc/kcore ?<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Thanks</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">--</div><div class="gmail_extra">Lucas Tanure</div></div>
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