Hi Jidong, * jidong xiao [2008-08-27 17:01]: > > I encountered the zero-size-vmcore issue on IA64. I remember last year > Nanhai submitted a patch which was intended to fix this issue, and I > noticed that patch is merged into mainline kernel. I am using > 2.6.27-rc2, which means that patch is included in my kernel.And after > the system > completed rebooting, there is nothing generated in KDUMP_SAVEDIR. Let > me know if I need to provide more information.Thanks. Which version of kexec-tools do you use? Please always include the kexec list (kexec at lists.infradead.org) on kdump and kexec issues. I Cc'd it now. Bernhard -- Bernhard Walle, SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Architecture Development