Fwd: dump utility[sorry for last spam, it was tab+enter]
Hi, I have to implement a dump utility which can dump the physical memory just before the crash/(crash +reboot). if anybody have worked with it pls share any info/structure as i din't find anything yet on google. regards J
On Tue, 28 May 2013 10:25:09 +0530, jack rule said:
I have to implement a dump utility which can dump the physical memory just before the crash/(crash +reboot). if anybody have worked with it pls share any info/structure as i din't find anything yet on google.
Why spend time re-inventing the wheel? Most distros already support a "crash kernel" for specifically this purpose. (It basically uses kexec to boot into the alternate kernel, which does the dump and then re-reboots into whatever your standard kernel is. This is in general a lot safer than trying to trust your crashing kernel to do a dump cleanly.
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 10:25 AM, jack rule <jackrule.1985@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, I have to implement a dump utility which can dump the physical memory just before the crash/(crash +reboot). if anybody have worked with it pls share any info/structure as i din't find anything yet on google.
http://people.redhat.com/anderson/crash_whitepaper/ is not enough ? Please excuse, if you are trying to implement something on your own to learn :) -- Sankar P http://psankar.blogspot.com
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