Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 Sep 2007 02:38:11 +0100 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] linux-2.6.16.51 gzipped core dump patch |
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On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 08:49:00PM -0400, Pallewatta Mano-FPCD67 wrote: > Hi, > The attached patch is based on Jan Frey's previous patch posted in 2004 > for the Linux 2.4 kernel. It has been tested on X86 and MIPS platforms. > If the core pattern doesn't end in ".gz" it will be added to the name of > the core file. It's offered under GPL v2 without any warranties. If you > have any questions, please contact me directly at Mano.Pallewatta "at" > motorola.com.
This is silly, IMO - why do in kernel what can be done in userland? External process can damn well gzip/bzip2/uuencode and post to alt.sex.cthulhu.binaries/ whatever. Just feed the usual data to its stdin... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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