* Bernhard Walle <bwalle at suse.de> [2007-05-24 08:54]: > * Ken'ichi Ohmichi <oomichi at mxs.nes.nec.co.jp> [2007-05-24 02:35]: > > 2007/05/01 15:39:12 +0200, Bernhard Walle <bwalle at suse.de> wrote: > > >This patch implements support for following the debug information link in the > > >.gnu_debuginfo section if the specified binary contains one. That makes it > > >possible to call makedumpfile with -x /boot/vmlinux-<version> on distributions > > >that ship extra -debuginfo packages for the kernel. > > > > Isn't it good to specify the debuginfo file directly instead of your patch ? > > I confirmed that makedumpfile without your patch can run by specifying the > > debuginfo file directly. > > But it needs program headers, right? After reading the source code again I don't think so. While I like the idea of following the .gnu_debuglink more I can also accept your decision that the user has to specify the debug info file manually. Thanks, Bernhard
