On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 02:14:58PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Quoting Robert Watson <[email protected]> (from Thu, 3 Mar 2011 > 11:14:59 +0000 (GMT)): > > > > > On Tue, 1 Mar 2011, Dmitry Chagin wrote: > > > >> Teach kdump to decode linux syscalls names too. > >> > >> Fix bug introduced in my previous commit: the kernel always dump native > >> signal numbers, so no need to check the ABI in ktrpsig(). > > > > Does this mean that we're eliminating the need for the long-broken > > linux_kdump? > > For the linux parts there is (L?)GPLed code in linux_kdump (the main > reason that it is a port, I think), it is unlikely that someone sits > there and will do a clean-room implementation of those linux-kernel > derived things (I like to get proven wrong, anyone out there accepts > the challenge? ;-) ). Dmitry provided an updated linux-kdump which > contains preprocessed things (no need to have a non-default > linuxulator setup). I have the corresponding PR assigned to me, but > from his comments it looks like his new version depends upon his > changes and does not DTRT without them (I am awaiting confirmation, > and I asked about changes to let it DTRT if this is true). >
It will be mergeed soon, I'll let you know. thnx! -- Have fun! chd
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