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SubjectRe: ANNOUNCE: Linux Kernel Crash Dumps (LKCD) 2.0 Available
Okay, I've put out 2.0.1 -- took out all the extra Configure.help stuff,
and also took out a census file we had left in there.

--Matt

On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, John Silva wrote:
|>This patch set contains a significant number of apparently unrelated changes
|>to Configure.help which removes a large number configuration options that
|>are supported by the newer kernels (for example, most of the updated ATA
|>controller options are removed)
|>
|>Was this the intent?
|>
|>----- Original Message -----
|>From: "Matt D. Robinson" <yakker@turbolinux.com>
|>To: <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
|>Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 10:52 AM
|>Subject: ANNOUNCE: Linux Kernel Crash Dumps (LKCD) 2.0 Available
|>
|>
|>> The 2.0 version of the Linux Kernel Crash Dumps (LKCD) project is now
|>> available -- this version applies to 2.3.99-pre9 kernels, and includes
|>> some of Stephen Tweedie's patches for kiobufs (since we need them).
|>>
|>> LKCD provides systems with the ability to save a system crash dump when
|>> the kernel has a panic or exception, and saves the memory to your swap
|>> space, recovering it on reboot, and creating a crash dump report which
|>> can be sent to support personnel (or groups like 'lkml', if necessary).
|>>
|>> Feel free to download our current patch from:
|>>
|>> http://oss.sgi.com/projects/lkcd/download/2.0
|>>
|>> You can also look at and contribute to the source project on SourceForge.
|>> The project's CVS location is at:
|>>
|>> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/?cvsroot=lkcd
|>>
|>> And as always, information about LKCD, including news, an FAQ, etc.,
|>> can be found at:
|>>
|>> http://oss.sgi.com/projects/lkcd/
|>>
|>> A few points to note:
|>>
|>> - The x86 version works great, but we're still working on the Alpha and
|>> IA-64 ports. They're coming along, however ... keep reading the LKCD
|>> News page for updates. Thanks to Brian Hall for his help with the
|>> Alpha port.
|>>
|>> - While you can build the vmdump code as a *module*, and it works, for now
|>> just build the vmdump code directly into the kernel -- the reason is
|>> because we still have to build the ability to perform stack traces when
|>> the code goes through a module. (And that will take some time to
|>> complete, as it's kind of ugly to do ...)
|>>
|>> - We are no longer limited to SCSI devices, like we were with the 2.2
|>> kernel version. We're going to try to backport the 2.3 changes into
|>> 2.2, so we have a universal version.
|>>
|>> If you have any other questions, please send me an E-mail, or review
|>> the FAQ on the oss.sgi.com web site. Thanks.
|>>
|>> --Matt
|>>
|>>
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