Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Jul 2000 15:27:02 -0700 (PDT) | From | "Matt D. Robinson" <> | Subject | Re: 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 |>> |>> |>> - |>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in |>> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu |>> Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ |>> |> |> |>- |>To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in |>the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu |>Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ |>
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |