On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:36:13 -0500 Dave Anderson wrote: > Jay Lan wrote: > > Dave Anderson wrote: > >> Jay Lan wrote: > >>> I tested in a rhel5.1 root with: > >>> 2.6.24 kernel > >>> kexec-tools-testing-20080227 > >>> crash-4.0-5.1 > >>> > >>> > >>> Crash failed to initialize: > >>> > >>> crash: read error: kernel virtual address: a0000001007f0868 type: > >>> "kernel_config_data" > >>> WARNING: cannot read kernel_config_data > >>> crash: read error: kernel virtual address: a000000100f370b0 type: > >>> "xtime" > >>> > >>> Has anyone else seen this problem? > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> - jay > >> I'm not sure what may have changed in the ia64 world between > >> 2.6.18 and 2.6.24, but here's some things you can look at. > > > > I found a patch posted by Jonathan Lim to the fastboot list in > > March 2007: > > https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/fastboot/2007-March/013645.html > > > > I applied his patch to kexec-tools-testing-20080227 and it indeed > > fixed the problem on IA64. > > > > But Magnum Dammn came back with a revised patch and had some > > discussion exchange with Vivek on the thread. Unfortunately, > > Magnum since then did not work on kexec/kdump any more before > > a final version was agreed upon. > > > > - jay > > > > It would probably be worth resurrecting this thread on the > kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailing list. That fastboot list > seems to be dying a slow death. fastboot list is long past dead. kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is the correct one to use now. --- ~Randy -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility
