----- Original Message ----- > Hello, > > Is it possible to extract the content of the kernel buffer (result of > the 'log' command) from a kernel dump without access to the kernel debug > symbols ? > > The intent is to be able to retrieve a minimal set of information from > the dump on a system that doesn't have to possibility to install the > namelist with debug symbols. > > TIA, > > Kind regards, > > ...Louis > -- > Louis Bouchard > Backline Support Analyst > Canonical Ltd > Ubuntu support: http://landscape.canonical.com Do you guys (Ubuntu) have makedumpfile as part of your kdump facility? It does just that, using the debug/offset information contained in the vmcoreinfo data: $ man makedumpfile ... --dump-dmesg This option overrides the normal behavior of makedumpfile. Instead of compressing and filtering a VMCORE to make it smaller, it simply extracts the dmesg log from a VMCORE and writes it to the specified LOGFILE. If a VMCORE does not contain VMCOREINFO for dmesg, it is necessary to specfiy [-x VMLINUX] or [-i VMCOREINFO]. Example: # makedumpfile --dump-dmesg /proc/vmcore dmesgfile # makedumpfile --dump-dmesg -x vmlinux /proc/vmcore dmesgfile ... Dave -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility
