Magnus Damm wrote: > Hi Jay, Hi Magnus,
> > On 12/19/06, Jay Lan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Horms wrote: >> > I'm happy to announce the first release of kexec-tools-testing, >> > version 20061214. Below is a matrix of tests that Magnus Damm >> > has run on this code, for i386 and x86_64. >> >> This is the first time i am testing kexec from kexec-tools-testing. >> Using this kexec, booting up a crashdump kernel caused a panic at >> an ia64 Altix. The kexec from rhel5 with the "kexec seg fault at >> xrealloc" patch worked fine at the same machine. > > I read your email regarding the xrealloc() problem together with the > patch and it looks like a perfect fix for the old kexec tree. Thanks > for reporting. > > The patch is however not needed for the kexec-tools-testing tree - I > spent some time to consolidate the elf note code so we can avoid > problems like this in the future. Have a look at the following two > patches which includes a fix for your problem. > > http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/horms/kexec-tools-testing.git;a=commit;h=c80198e78ce26783e092645b9ac8587e1374f22f > > http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/horms/kexec-tools-testing.git;a=commit;h=f038d30bff8510a1df1e72af08db1766581d1f2c > > > The fix is included in kexec-tools-testing-20061214, but I'm not sure > how much the code has been tested on ia64. I've focusted on testing > the code under i386 and x86_64 native Linux and Xen. > > I'd like to spend time on fixing up ia64 support properly, but it has > been sort of a moving target because of heavy development. So to be That was what i thought. Is the old kexec tree no longer maintained? I assume you have included all ia64 patches from Nan-hai? There is certainly work needed to be done to make ia64 support solid in kexec-tools-testing. > able to get a grip I need more information from you: > > Are you still experiencing this problem? Yes. > > You mention the RHEL5 kexec plus your patch, do you have a pointer to > a SRPM of the version you are using? > > What kernel are you using? Any patches? Have you tried 2.6.20-rc1? I have not tried 2.6.20-rc1 yet, but i believe it is a very good target. It contains all kernel patches IA64 SN needs, i think. I recently focused on kernel and kexec-tools of rhel5. > > Do you have time for more testing? > > I will go on vacation over the christmas and new years, but if you > have time after that I'd be more than happy to work with you to > resolve this. I suspect it will be a matter of bisecting and testing > until we find what is broken. I have a few ia64 boxes here that I can > use too, but no altix. =) I would be very glad to work with you to make kexec-tools-testing solid for IA64 SN. I can not speak for other IA64 boxes since i do not have access to them (except one zx workstation which i had some problem with.) Any time after new year would be perfect. Thanks, - jay > > Thanks, > > / magnus _______________________________________________ fastboot mailing list [email protected] https://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/fastboot
