Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:12:58 +1100 | From | Simon Horman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH]: add dmesg log symbols to /proc/vmcoreinfo lists |
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On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 04:21:27PM -0500, Neil Horman wrote: > Hey all- > It would be nice to be able to extract the dmesg log from a vmcore file > without needing to keep the debug symbols for the running kernel handy all the > time. We have a facility to do this in /proc/vmcore. This patch adds the > log_buf and log_end symbols to the vmcoreinfo area so that tools (like > makedumpfile) can easily extract the dmesg logs from a vmcore image. > > Regards > Neil > > Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
THis sounds reasonable to me.
-- Simon Horman VA Linux Systems Japan K.K., Sydney, Australia Satellite Office H: www.vergenet.net/~horms/ W: www.valinux.co.jp/en
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