Hi, this patch series contains all the patches (that I am aware of) that have recently been posted regarding kdump and in particular is_kdump_kernel() For Andrew Morton's benefit I have annotated each patch as to whether it needs to be included in 2.6.27 or not. My conclusion is that while I would like to see all of the patches included in 2.6.27, none of them are particularly dire, and thus they could all wait until post-2.6.27. -- Horms