On Fri, 19 Oct 2007, Phillip Susi wrote: > Huang, Ying wrote: >> >> >> The restore process with the patch set is as follow: >> >> 1. Boot a kernel C (crash dump enabled), the memory area used by >> kernel C must be a subset of memory area used by kernel B. > > Why is a third kernel needed? Why can't kernel B be used for this as well? > In fact, if kernel A has been compiled to be relocatable and crash dump > enabled, why wouldn't it suffice for all 3 instances? you could use one kernel for all three, or you could use three different kernels, and three different sets of userspace if it's appropriate. David Lang