On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 12:49 AM, Dave Anderson <anderson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jun Koi wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I found below cmdline params having no documentation anywhere, so >> could somebody explain their meaning? >> >> - memory_module >> - no_modules >> - no_ikconfig >> - no_namelist_gzip >> - no_kmem_cache >> - kmem_cache_delay >> - readnow >> - buildinfo >> - zero_excluded >> >> >> Many thanks, >> J > > They're all essentially debug flags for use on kernels/dumpfiles > that for some reason or other would not initialize properly. > > memory_module: if /dev/mem or /dev/crash do not suffice you could > force-feed one or the other for live system analysys. Another question: Why do we need the "memory_device" param if we already had "memory_module"? Arent they the same thing? The naming here is so confused to me. Thanks, J -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility
