Hi Bernhard, Bernhard Walle wrote: >>> This bug fixes the generation of vmcoreinfo files on 32bit hosts for ELF64 >>> files, i.e. 64bit kernels. The concrete problem was PPC64 which is built in a >>> 32bit environment at SUSE. >> I have one question. >> I guess that the fundamental problem is that makedumpfile cannot >> use vmcoreinfo which is contained in /proc/vmcore on ppc64, right ? >> If yes, could you please test my attached patch for fixing it. >> >> I created the kernel patch for adding the symbol "node_data" to >> ppc64's vmcoreinfo, but I cannot tested it because I don't have >> any ppc64 machine. > > No, not directly. We still ship the makedumpfile.config. Yes, we plan > to switch to /proc/vmcore vmcoreinfo for next release (SLES 11). > > I'll test your patch on PPC and give feedback! Sounds good to me :-) > But I think the patch is also valid since makedumpfile.config file is > still supported and should work. OK. I think that your patch is good, and I will merge it to the next release anyway. Thanks Ken'ichi Ohmichi
