Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Oct 2002 22:25:46 -0800 (PST) | From | "Matt D. Robinson" <> | Subject | Re: What's left over. |
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Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Crash Dumping (LKCD) > > This is definitely a vendor-driven thing. I don't believe it has any > relevance unless vendors actively support it.
There are people within IBM in Germany, India and England, as well as a number of companies (Intel, NEC, Hitachi, Fujitsu), as well as SGI that are PAID to support this. In addition, Global Services at IBM uses this as a front-line method for resolving customer problems. If you're looking for names of people to sign up to support it (both vendors and non-vendors), I can make that list up for you.
There are a number of us (developers, support staff, and other interested parties) who bend over backwards, day in and day out to make sure this stuff works and helps people, even if it isn't kernel developers (directly -- indirectly, you get bug reports that are sane and useful).
It's not sexy kernel stuff, but it is very important, and if you'd like, I can have representatives from at least 10 major corporations (Fortune 500 companies) contact you to request that this go in.
We're generating 2.5.45 patches now, and we ask that you include the patches when they are posted.
I don't know what else to say except that people really want this stuff and all of us in the LKCD community work really hard together to make this project useful for everyone.
Please include this in your next snapshot.
--Matt
P.S. Copying some of the users and developers.
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