thanks for your cracking back the code changes,that make sense:) I tried this patch on the 10GB core dump file,it works fine! I will change my patch on EL edition following your patch. thanks xiaowei On Thu, 2010-02-04 at 15:44 -0500, Dave Anderson wrote: > ----- "Dave Anderson" <anderson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > What could be done is to have the xc_core_verify() initialization code read > > the dumpfile header into an "original" xc_core_header structure type, verify it > > as one of the "old-style" dumpfiles, but then store the offsets into your > > updated xc_core_header structure. > > > > Dave > > How does the attached patch work for you? > > Dave -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility