Hello Ken'ichi! This series of patches is working great here. Thanks! CAI Qian From: "Ken'ichi Ohmichi" <oomichi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [PATCH 0/5] make '-x'/'-i' option unnecessary for re-filtering. Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:18:44 +0900 > > Hi, > > Ken'ichi Ohmichi wrote: >> Hi CAI, >> >> Thank you for testing and a good point. >> >> CAI Qian wrote: >>>> makedumpfile version 1.3.4 is released. >>>> Your comments/patches are welcome. >>>> >>>> Changelog: >>>> o New feature >>>> - Support kdump-compressed format for input file. (by Takao Indoh) >>>> A new makedumpfile can read dumpfile which is kdump-compressed format >>>> instead of /proc/vmcore and re-filter it. >>> Does it need to specify either a vmlinux or vmcoreinfo file? >> >> Yes, we need to do it for re-filtering now. >> But it is not difficult to implement a feature that it is not >> necessary to specify either a vmlinux or vmcoreinfo file for >> re-filtering. I will try to implement the feature. > > I created the patchset for implementing the above feature. > Any comments/patches are welcome. > > --- > [PATCH 0/5] make '-x'/'-i' option unnecessary for re-filtering. > > makedumpfile v1.3.4 can read a dumpfile which is kdump-compressed > format instead of /proc/vmcore and re-filter it. > > When re-filtering, it is necessary to specify '-x'/'-i' option. > If not specifying, makedumpfile fails like the following: > > # ./makedumpfile -c -d 3 vmcore vmcore.1 > ... > The dumpfile is saved to vmcore.1 > ... > # > # /makedumpfile -c -d 31 vmcore.1 vmcore.2 > vmcore.1 doesn't contain vmcoreinfo. > Specify '-x' option or '-i' option. > Commandline parameter is invalid. > Try `makedumpfile --help' for more information. > # > > For usability, this patchset makes '-x'/'-i' option unnecessary > for re-filtering. > > > Thanks > Ken'ichi Ohmichi > > > _______________________________________________ > kexec mailing list > kexec at lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec
